#4EA5CA#4EA5CA

#4EA5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5CA
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -15.08, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 30.70, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0656 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.099 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2535, 32.7915, 60.7588)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5CA #CA734E

analogous

#4ECAB1 #4EA5CA #4E67CA

triadic

#4EA5CA #CA4EA5 #A5CA4E

tetradic

#4EA5CA #B14ECA #CA734E #67CA4E

square

#4EA5CA #B14ECA #CA734E #67CA4E

split-complementary

#4EA5CA #CA4E67 #CAB14E

monochromatic

#246079 #3285A8 #4EA5CA #7DBDD8 #ACD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4EA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4EA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5CA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5CA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfda',
    500: '#4ea5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5ca;
$custom-light: #8bbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.903,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6833,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5CA

secondary

#D4AFA0

accent

#764BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5CA

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

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