#4EA8CA#4EA8CA

#4EA8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8CA
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -16.68, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 30.38, 236.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0688 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.099 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8010, 33.8864, 60.9413)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8CA #CA704E

analogous

#4ECAAE #4EA8CA #4E6ACA

triadic

#4EA8CA #CA4EA8 #A8CA4E

tetradic

#4EA8CA #AE4ECA #CA704E #6ACA4E

square

#4EA8CA #AE4ECA #CA704E #6ACA4E

split-complementary

#4EA8CA #CA4E6A #CAAE4E

monochromatic

#246279 #3288A8 #4EA8CA #7DBFD8 #ACD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4EA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4EA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8CA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8CA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2da',
    500: '#4ea8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8ca;
$custom-light: #8bc2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8CA

secondary

#D4AEA0

accent

#734BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8CA

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

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