#4EB2CA#4EB2CA

#4EB2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2CA
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -21.91, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 30.27, 223.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0795 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.098 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7186, 37.7217, 61.5805)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2CA #CA664E

analogous

#4ECAA4 #4EB2CA #4E74CA

triadic

#4EB2CA #CA4EB2 #B2CA4E

tetradic

#4EB2CA #A44ECA #CA664E #74CA4E

square

#4EB2CA #A44ECA #CA664E #74CA4E

split-complementary

#4EB2CA #CA4E74 #CAA44E

monochromatic

#246979 #3292A8 #4EB2CA #7DC6D8 #ACDBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4EB2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2CA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2CA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9da',
    500: '#4eb2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2ca;
$custom-light: #8cc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71388,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2CA

secondary

#D4AAA0

accent

#674BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2CA

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

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