#4EA9C2#4EA9C2

#4EA9C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9C2
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -19.65, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 28.72, 226.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.073 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.093 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0636, 33.8880, 56.1433)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9C2 #C2674E

analogous

#4EC2A1 #4EA9C2 #4E6FC2

triadic

#4EA9C2 #C24EA9 #A9C24E

tetradic

#4EA9C2 #A14EC2 #C2674E #6FC24E

square

#4EA9C2 #A14EC2 #C2674E #6FC24E

split-complementary

#4EA9C2 #C24E6F #C2A14E

monochromatic

#26606F #36879D #4EA9C2 #7CBFD2 #A9D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4EA9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4EA9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9C2

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9C2	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2d4',
    500: '#4ea9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9c2;
$custom-light: #8ac2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9C2

secondary

#CFA89D

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9C2

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

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