#4EA9BE#4EA9BE

#4EA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9BE
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -20.85, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 28.16, 222.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0746 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.091 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6204, 33.7107, 53.8091)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9BE #BE634E

analogous

#4EBE9B #4EA9BE #4E71BE

triadic

#4EA9BE #BE4EA9 #A9BE4E

tetradic

#4EA9BE #9B4EBE #BE634E #71BE4E

square

#4EA9BE #9B4EBE #BE634E #71BE4E

split-complementary

#4EA9BE #BE4E71 #BE9B4E

monochromatic

#275E6A #388597 #4EA9BE #7BBFCE #A8D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4EA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#4EA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9BE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9BE	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d1',
    500: '#4ea9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9be;
$custom-light: #8ac2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68776,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9BE

secondary

#CCA59C

accent

#6B52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9BE

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

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