#4EA5C6#4EA5C6

#4EA5C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.096 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5C6
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 198)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -16.32, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 29.65, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0671 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.096 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7861, 32.6045, 58.2968)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5C6 #C66F4E

analogous

#4EC6AB #4EA5C6 #4E69C6

triadic

#4EA5C6 #C64EA5 #A5C64E

tetradic

#4EA5C6 #AB4EC6 #C66F4E #69C64E

square

#4EA5C6 #AB4EC6 #C66F4E #69C64E

split-complementary

#4EA5C6 #C64E69 #C6AB4E

monochromatic

#255F74 #3484A2 #4EA5C6 #7CBDD5 #ABD4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4EA5C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4EA5C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5C6

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5C6	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)

#93A2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8295C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.096 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd7',
    500: '#4ea5c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5c6;
$custom-light: #8bbfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68158,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5C6

secondary

#D1AC9E

accent

#744DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5C6

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

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