#4EA4CD#4EA4CD

#4EA4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4CD
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -13.60, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 31.74, 244.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0635 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.102 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4325, 32.5757, 62.5878)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4CD #CD774E

analogous

#4ECDB6 #4EA4CD #4E64CD

triadic

#4EA4CD #CD4EA4 #A4CD4E

tetradic

#4EA4CD #B64ECD #CD774E #64CD4E

square

#4EA4CD #B64ECD #CD774E #64CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA4CD #CD4E64 #CDB64E

monochromatic

#23607D #3185AD #4EA4CD #7EBDDA #ADD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4EA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4EA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4CD

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4CD	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdc',
    500: '#4ea4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4cd;
$custom-light: #8bbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68229,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4CD

secondary

#D6B2A1

accent

#7949DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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