#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
RGBrgb(78, 165, 198)
HSLhsl(197, 51%, 54%)
HSVhsv(197, 61%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.84, -16.32, -24.75)
CIE-LCHlch(63.84, 29.65, 236.59°)
OKLaboklab(68.16% -0.0671 -0.069)
OKLCHoklch(68.16% 0.096 225.8)
XYZxyz(26.7861, 32.6045, 58.2968)
Luminance0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4EA5C61.002.797.527.52
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5221.001.001.00
##0000007.5221.001.001.00

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

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#4EA5C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva