#4EA4E1#4EA4E1

#4EA4E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4E1
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -7.17, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 39.12, 259.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0568 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.122 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0028, 33.6038, 76.1246)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4E1 #E18B4E

analogous

#4EE1D4 #4EA4E1 #4E5BE1

triadic

#4EA4E1 #E14EA4 #A4E14E

tetradic

#4EA4E1 #D44EE1 #E18B4E #5BE14E

square

#4EA4E1 #D44EE1 #E18B4E #5BE14E

split-complementary

#4EA4E1 #E14E5B #E1D44E

monochromatic

#1A659A #2388CF #4EA4E1 #82BFEA #B7DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#4EA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4E1

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4E1	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebeea',
    500: '#4ea4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4e1;
$custom-light: #8ebeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.898,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4E1

secondary

#E2C1A9

accent

#853AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4E1

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

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