#4EA5CC#4EA5CC

#4EA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.101 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5CC
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -14.46, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 31.27, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0649 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.101 230)
XYZ	xyz(27.4919, 32.8868, 62.0140)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5CC #CC754E

analogous

#4ECCB4 #4EA5CC #4E66CC

triadic

#4EA5CC #CC4EA5 #A5CC4E

tetradic

#4EA5CC #B44ECC #CC754E #66CC4E

square

#4EA5CC #B44ECC #CC754E #66CC4E

split-complementary

#4EA5CC #CC4E66 #CCB44E

monochromatic

#24617C #3186AB #4EA5CC #7EBDDA #ADD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4EA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#4EA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5CC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5CC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.101 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdb',
    500: '#4ea5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5cc;
$custom-light: #8bbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68417,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.3289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5CC

secondary

#D5B1A1

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5CC

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

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