#4EA5CD#4EA5CD

#4EA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5CD
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -14.14, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 31.57, 243.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0645 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.102 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6122, 32.9350, 62.6477)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5CD #CD764E

analogous

#4ECDB6 #4EA5CD #4E65CD

triadic

#4EA5CD #CD4EA5 #A5CD4E

tetradic

#4EA5CD #B64ECD #CD764E #65CD4E

square

#4EA5CD #B64ECD #CD764E #65CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA5CD #CD4E65 #CDB64E

monochromatic

#23617D #3186AD #4EA5CD #7EBDDA #ADD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4EA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4EA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5CD

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5CD	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdc',
    500: '#4ea5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5cd;
$custom-light: #8bbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68461,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5CD

secondary

#D6B2A1

accent

#7849DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5CD

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

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