#4EA5CE#4EA5CE

#4EA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5CE
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -13.83, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 31.88, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0642 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.103 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7333, 32.9834, 63.2854)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5CE #CE774E

analogous

#4ECEB7 #4EA5CE #4E65CE

triadic

#4EA5CE #CE4EA5 #A5CE4E

tetradic

#4EA5CE #B74ECE #CE774E #65CE4E

square

#4EA5CE #B74ECE #CE774E #65CE4E

split-complementary

#4EA5CE #CE4E65 #CEB74E

monochromatic

#23617F #3086AE #4EA5CE #7EBDDB #AED6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4EA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#4EA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5CE

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5CE	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdd',
    500: '#4ea5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5ce;
$custom-light: #8bbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68506,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5CE

secondary

#D7B2A1

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5CE

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

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