#4EA4DD#4EA4DD

#4EA4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4DD
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -8.48, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 37.50, 256.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.058 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.118 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4635, 33.3881, 73.2844)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4DD #DD874E

analogous

#4EDDCE #4EA4DD #4E5CDD

triadic

#4EA4DD #DD4EA4 #A4DD4E

tetradic

#4EA4DD #CE4EDD #DD874E #5CDD4E

square

#4EA4DD #CE4EDD #DD874E #5CDD4E

split-complementary

#4EA4DD #DD4E5C #DDCE4E

monochromatic

#1C6494 #2687C7 #4EA4DD #81BEE7 #B5D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#4EA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4DD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4DD	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbee7',
    500: '#4ea4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4dd;
$custom-light: #8dbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4DD

secondary

#E0BEA7

accent

#823DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4DD

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

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