#4EA5BD#4EA5BD

#4EA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.090 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5BD
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -19.06, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 27.80, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0706 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.09 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7787, 32.2016, 52.9912)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5BD #BD664E

analogous

#4EBD9E #4EA5BD #4E6EBD

triadic

#4EA5BD #BD4EA5 #A5BD4E

tetradic

#4EA5BD #9E4EBD #BD664E #6EBD4E

square

#4EA5BD #9E4EBD #BD664E #6EBD4E

split-complementary

#4EA5BD #BD4E6E #BD9E4E

monochromatic

#275B69 #388296 #4EA5BD #7BBCCE #A7D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4EA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5BD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5BD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.090 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfd1',
    500: '#4ea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5bd;
$custom-light: #8abfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67785,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5BD

secondary

#CCA69B

accent

#6F52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5BD

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

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