#4EA1DD#4EA1DD

#4EA1DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1DD
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -6.81, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 38.48, 259.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.055 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.12 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9330, 32.3269, 73.1075)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1DD #DD8A4E

analogous

#4EDDD2 #4EA1DD #4E59DD

triadic

#4EA1DD #DD4EA1 #A1DD4E

tetradic

#4EA1DD #D24EDD #DD8A4E #59DD4E

square

#4EA1DD #D24EDD #DD8A4E #59DD4E

split-complementary

#4EA1DD #DD4E59 #DDD24E

monochromatic

#1C6294 #2684C7 #4EA1DD #81BCE7 #B5D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4EA1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1DD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1DD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbce8',
    500: '#4ea1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1dd;
$custom-light: #8dbce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68286,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1DD

secondary

#E0BFA7

accent

#863DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1DD

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

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