#4EA6CD#4EA6CD

#4EA6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6CD
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -14.68, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 31.42, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0656 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.102 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7933, 33.2971, 62.7080)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6CD #CD754E

analogous

#4ECDB4 #4EA6CD #4E66CD

triadic

#4EA6CD #CD4EA6 #A6CD4E

tetradic

#4EA6CD #B44ECD #CD754E #66CD4E

square

#4EA6CD #B44ECD #CD754E #66CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA6CD #CD4E66 #CDB44E

monochromatic

#23627D #3187AD #4EA6CD #7EBEDA #ADD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4EA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6CD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6CD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0dc',
    500: '#4ea6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6cd;
$custom-light: #8bc0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68694,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6CD

secondary

#D6B1A1

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6CD

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

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