#4EA8CD#4EA8CD

#4EA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8CD
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -15.76, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 31.15, 239.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0677 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1596, 34.0299, 62.8302)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8CD #CD734E

analogous

#4ECDB2 #4EA8CD #4E69CD

triadic

#4EA8CD #CD4EA8 #A8CD4E

tetradic

#4EA8CD #B24ECD #CD734E #69CD4E

square

#4EA8CD #B24ECD #CD734E #69CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA8CD #CD4E69 #CDB24E

monochromatic

#23637D #3189AD #4EA8CD #7EBFDA #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4EA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#4EA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8CD

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8CD	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dc',
    500: '#4ea8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8cd;
$custom-light: #8cc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69161,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8CD

secondary

#D6B0A1

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8CD

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

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