#4EA4E5#4EA4E5

#4EA4E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4E5
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -5.86, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 40.81, 261.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0555 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.127 244)
XYZ	xyz(30.5548, 33.8246, 79.0321)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4E5 #E58F4E

analogous

#4EE5DB #4EA4E5 #4E58E5

triadic

#4EA4E5 #E54EA4 #A4E54E

tetradic

#4EA4E5 #DB4EE5 #E58F4E #58E54E

square

#4EA4E5 #DB4EE5 #E58F4E #58E54E

split-complementary

#4EA4E5 #E54E58 #E5DB4E

monochromatic

#1866A1 #1F88D6 #4EA4E5 #83BFED #B9DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4EA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4EA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4E5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4E5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebeed',
    500: '#4ea4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4e5;
$custom-light: #8ebeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.828,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.33828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4E5

secondary

#E4C3AA

accent

#650FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4E5

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

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