#4EA9CA#4EA9CA

#4EA9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9CA
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -17.22, -24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 30.30, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0699 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.099 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9863, 34.2571, 61.0031)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9CA #CA6F4E

analogous

#4ECAAD #4EA9CA #4E6BCA

triadic

#4EA9CA #CA4EA9 #A9CA4E

tetradic

#4EA9CA #AD4ECA #CA6F4E #6BCA4E

square

#4EA9CA #AD4ECA #CA6F4E #6BCA4E

split-complementary

#4EA9CA #CA4E6B #CAAD4E

monochromatic

#246379 #3289A8 #4EA9CA #7DC0D8 #ACD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4EA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4EA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9CA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9CA	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2da',
    500: '#4ea9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9ca;
$custom-light: #8bc2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.968,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9CA

secondary

#D4AEA0

accent

#724BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9CA

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

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