#4EA8CE#4EA8CE

#4EA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.102 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8CE
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -15.44, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 31.43, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0674 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.102 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2807, 34.0783, 63.4679)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8CE #CE744E

analogous

#4ECEB4 #4EA8CE #4E68CE

triadic

#4EA8CE #CE4EA8 #A8CE4E

tetradic

#4EA8CE #B44ECE #CE744E #68CE4E

square

#4EA8CE #B44ECE #CE744E #68CE4E

split-complementary

#4EA8CE #CE4E68 #CEB44E

monochromatic

#23637F #3089AE #4EA8CE #7EC0DB #AED7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4EA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#4EA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8CE

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8CE	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.102 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1dd',
    500: '#4ea8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8ce;
$custom-light: #8cc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8CE

secondary

#D7B1A1

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8CE

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

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