#4EA8BB#4EA8BB

#4EA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.090 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8BB
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -21.22, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 27.74, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0747 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.09 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1105, 33.2103, 52.0383)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8BB #BB614E

analogous

#4EBB98 #4EA8BB #4E72BB

triadic

#4EA8BB #BB4EA8 #A8BB4E

tetradic

#4EA8BB #984EBB #BB614E #72BB4E

square

#4EA8BB #984EBB #BB614E #72BB4E

split-complementary

#4EA8BB #BB4E72 #BB984E

monochromatic

#285C67 #398393 #4EA8BB #7ABECC #A6D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4EA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#4EA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8BB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8BB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.090 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2cf',
    500: '#4ea8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8bb;
$custom-light: #8ac2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8BB

secondary

#CAA39B

accent

#6A54D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8BB

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

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