#4EB5CA#4EB5CA

#4EB5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CA
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -23.44, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 30.52, 219.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0827 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.099 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3221, 38.9286, 61.7816)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CA #CA634E

analogous

#4ECAA1 #4EB5CA #4E77CA

triadic

#4EB5CA #CA4EB5 #B5CA4E

tetradic

#4EB5CA #A14ECA #CA634E #77CA4E

square

#4EB5CA #A14ECA #CA634E #77CA4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CA #CA4E77 #CAA14E

monochromatic

#246B79 #3294A8 #4EB5CA #7DC9D8 #ACDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4EB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbda',
    500: '#4eb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5ca;
$custom-light: #8ccbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CA

secondary

#D4A9A0

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CA

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

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