#4EA5C9#4EA5C9

#4EA5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5C9
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -15.39, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 30.42, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.066 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.099 228)
XYZ	xyz(27.1355, 32.7443, 60.1373)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5C9 #C9724E

analogous

#4EC9B0 #4EA5C9 #4E68C9

triadic

#4EA5C9 #C94EA5 #A5C94E

tetradic

#4EA5C9 #B04EC9 #C9724E #68C94E

square

#4EA5C9 #B04EC9 #C9724E #68C94E

split-complementary

#4EA5C9 #C94E68 #C9B04E

monochromatic

#256078 #3385A7 #4EA5C9 #7DBDD7 #ACD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4EA5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4EA5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5C9

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5C9	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd9',
    500: '#4ea5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5c9;
$custom-light: #8bbfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68287,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.32747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5C9

secondary

#D3AF9F

accent

#764BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5C9

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

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