#4EA5BC#4EA5BC

#4EA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.090 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5BC
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -19.36, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 27.64, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.071 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.09 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6705, 32.1583, 52.4215)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5BC #BC654E

analogous

#4EBC9C #4EA5BC #4E6EBC

triadic

#4EA5BC #BC4EA5 #A5BC4E

tetradic

#4EA5BC #9C4EBC #BC654E #6EBC4E

square

#4EA5BC #9C4EBC #BC654E #6EBC4E

split-complementary

#4EA5BC #BC4E6E #BC9C4E

monochromatic

#275B68 #388195 #4EA5BC #7ABCCD #A7D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4EA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#4EA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5BC

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5BC	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.090 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfd0',
    500: '#4ea5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5bc;
$custom-light: #8abfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67744,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5BC

secondary

#CBA59B

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5BC

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

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