#4EA4DE#4EA4DE

#4EA4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4DE
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -8.15, -37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 37.90, 257.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0577 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.119 241)
XYZ	xyz(29.5971, 33.4415, 73.9881)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4DE #DE884E

analogous

#4EDED0 #4EA4DE #4E5CDE

triadic

#4EA4DE #DE4EA4 #A4DE4E

tetradic

#4EA4DE #D04EDE #DE884E #5CDE4E

square

#4EA4DE #D04EDE #DE884E #5CDE4E

split-complementary

#4EA4DE #DE4E5C #DED04E

monochromatic

#1C6596 #2687C9 #4EA4DE #82BFE8 #B5D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4EA4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#4EA4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4DE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4DE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbee8',
    500: '#4ea4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4de;
$custom-light: #8dbee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.33445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4DE

secondary

#E0BEA8

accent

#833CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4DE

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

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