#4EA6CE#4EA6CE

#4EA6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6CE
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -14.37, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 31.71, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0652 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.102 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9143, 33.3456, 63.3458)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6CE #CE764E

analogous

#4ECEB6 #4EA6CE #4E66CE

triadic

#4EA6CE #CE4EA6 #A6CE4E

tetradic

#4EA6CE #B64ECE #CE764E #66CE4E

square

#4EA6CE #B64ECE #CE764E #66CE4E

split-complementary

#4EA6CE #CE4E66 #CEB64E

monochromatic

#23627F #3087AE #4EA6CE #7EBEDB #AED6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#4EA6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6CE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6CE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0dd',
    500: '#4ea6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6ce;
$custom-light: #8cc0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68738,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6CE

secondary

#D7B2A1

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6CE

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

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