#4EA8BC#4EA8BC

#4EA8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.090 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8BC
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -20.92, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 27.84, 221.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0743 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.09 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2180, 33.2532, 52.6040)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8BC #BC624E

analogous

#4EBC99 #4EA8BC #4E71BC

triadic

#4EA8BC #BC4EA8 #A8BC4E

tetradic

#4EA8BC #994EBC #BC624E #71BC4E

square

#4EA8BC #994EBC #BC624E #71BC4E

split-complementary

#4EA8BC #BC4E71 #BC994E

monochromatic

#275C68 #388495 #4EA8BC #7ABECD #A7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#4EA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8BC

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8BC	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.090 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d0',
    500: '#4ea8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8bc;
$custom-light: #8ac2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68459,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8BC

secondary

#CBA49B

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8BC

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

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