#4EA6BC#4EA6BC

#4EA6BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.090 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6BC
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -19.88, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 27.69, 224.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0721 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.09 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8516, 32.5205, 52.4819)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6BC #BC644E

analogous

#4EBC9B #4EA6BC #4E6FBC

triadic

#4EA6BC #BC4EA6 #A6BC4E

tetradic

#4EA6BC #9B4EBC #BC644E #6FBC4E

square

#4EA6BC #9B4EBC #BC644E #6FBC4E

split-complementary

#4EA6BC #BC4E6F #BC9B4E

monochromatic

#275B68 #388295 #4EA6BC #7ABCCD #A7D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4EA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#4EA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6BC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6BC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.090 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0d0',
    500: '#4ea6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6bc;
$custom-light: #8ac0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6BC

secondary

#CBA49B

accent

#6D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6BC

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

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