#4EA8CB#4EA8CB

#4EA8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.100 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8CB
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -16.38, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 30.63, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0685 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.1 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9198, 33.9340, 61.5669)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8CB #CB714E

analogous

#4ECBAF #4EA8CB #4E69CB

triadic

#4EA8CB #CB4EA8 #A8CB4E

tetradic

#4EA8CB #AF4ECB #CB714E #69CB4E

square

#4EA8CB #AF4ECB #CB714E #69CB4E

split-complementary

#4EA8CB #CB4E69 #CBAF4E

monochromatic

#24627B #3288AA #4EA8CB #7DBFD9 #ADD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4EA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4EA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8CB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8CB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.100 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4ea8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8cb;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69075,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8CB

secondary

#D5AFA0

accent

#734ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8CB

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

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