#4EA7C8#4EA7C8

#4EA7C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA7C8
RGB	rgb(78, 167, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -16.77, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 29.97, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0685 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3818, 33.4245, 59.6409)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA7C8 #C86F4E

analogous

#4EC8AC #4EA7C8 #4E6AC8

triadic

#4EA7C8 #C84EA7 #A7C84E

tetradic

#4EA7C8 #AC4EC8 #C86F4E #6AC84E

square

#4EA7C8 #AC4EC8 #C86F4E #6AC84E

split-complementary

#4EA7C8 #C84E6A #C8AC4E

monochromatic

#256177 #3387A5 #4EA7C8 #7DBED7 #ABD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4EA7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#4EA7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA7C8

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA7C8	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 167, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1d8',
    500: '#4ea7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea7c8;
$custom-light: #8bc1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68713,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA7C8

secondary

#D3AD9F

accent

#734CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA7C8

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

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