#4EA6C8#4EA6C8

#4EA6C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.098 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6C8
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -16.24, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 30.06, 237.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0674 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.098 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1993, 33.0596, 59.5801)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6C8 #C8704E

analogous

#4EC8AD #4EA6C8 #4E69C8

triadic

#4EA6C8 #C84EA6 #A6C84E

tetradic

#4EA6C8 #AD4EC8 #C8704E #69C84E

square

#4EA6C8 #AD4EC8 #C8704E #69C84E

split-complementary

#4EA6C8 #C84E69 #C8AD4E

monochromatic

#256077 #3386A5 #4EA6C8 #7DBDD7 #ABD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4EA6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#4EA6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6C8

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6C8	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.098 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0d8',
    500: '#4ea6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6c8;
$custom-light: #8bc0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6C8

secondary

#D3AD9F

accent

#744CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6C8

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

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