#4EA8BD#4EA8BD

#4EA8BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.091 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8BD
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -20.63, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 27.96, 222.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0739 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.091 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3261, 33.2965, 53.1737)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8BD #BD634E

analogous

#4EBD9A #4EA8BD #4E71BD

triadic

#4EA8BD #BD4EA8 #A8BD4E

tetradic

#4EA8BD #9A4EBD #BD634E #71BD4E

square

#4EA8BD #9A4EBD #BD634E #71BD4E

split-complementary

#4EA8BD #BD4E71 #BD9A4E

monochromatic

#275D69 #388496 #4EA8BD #7BBECE #A7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4EA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8BD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8BD	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)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.091 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d0',
    500: '#4ea8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8bd;
$custom-light: #8ac2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8BD

secondary

#CCA49B

accent

#6B52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8BD

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

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