#4EA9BC#4EA9BC

#4EA9BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9BC
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -21.44, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 27.94, 219.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0754 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.09 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4033, 33.6239, 52.6658)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9BC #BC614E

analogous

#4EBC98 #4EA9BC #4E72BC

triadic

#4EA9BC #BC4EA9 #A9BC4E

tetradic

#4EA9BC #984EBC #BC614E #72BC4E

square

#4EA9BC #984EBC #BC614E #72BC4E

split-complementary

#4EA9BC #BC4E72 #BC984E

monochromatic

#275D68 #388595 #4EA9BC #7ABFCD #A7D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#4EA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9BC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9BC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d0',
    500: '#4ea9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9bc;
$custom-light: #8ac2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68698,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9BC

secondary

#CBA39B

accent

#6953D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9BC

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

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