#4EA5C8#4EA5C8

#4EA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.098 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5C8
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -15.70, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 30.16, 238.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0664 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.098 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0183, 32.6974, 59.5197)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5C8 #C8714E

analogous

#4EC8AE #4EA5C8 #4E68C8

triadic

#4EA5C8 #C84EA5 #A5C84E

tetradic

#4EA5C8 #AE4EC8 #C8714E #68C84E

square

#4EA5C8 #AE4EC8 #C8714E #68C84E

split-complementary

#4EA5C8 #C84E68 #C8AE4E

monochromatic

#255F77 #3385A5 #4EA5C8 #7DBDD7 #ABD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4EA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#4EA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5C8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5C8	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.098 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd8',
    500: '#4ea5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5c8;
$custom-light: #8bbfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68244,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5C8

secondary

#D3AE9F

accent

#754CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5C8

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

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