#4EA5BF#4EA5BF

#4EA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.091 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5BF
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -18.46, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 28.14, 229.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0698 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.091 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9973, 32.2890, 54.1425)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5BF #BF684E

analogous

#4EBFA0 #4EA5BF #4E6DBF

triadic

#4EA5BF #BF4EA5 #A5BF4E

tetradic

#4EA5BF #A04EBF #BF684E #6DBF4E

square

#4EA5BF #A04EBF #BF684E #6DBF4E

split-complementary

#4EA5BF #BF4E6D #BFA04E

monochromatic

#275C6C #378299 #4EA5BF #7BBCCF #A8D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#4EA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5BF

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5BF	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.091 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfd2',
    500: '#4ea5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5bf;
$custom-light: #8abfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67866,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5BF

secondary

#CDA79C

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5BF

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

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