#4EA5D8#4EA5D8

#4EA5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.112 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5D8
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -10.65, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 35.29, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0607 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.112 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9869, 33.4849, 69.8880)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5D8 #D8814E

analogous

#4ED8C6 #4EA5D8 #4E60D8

triadic

#4EA5D8 #D84EA5 #A5D84E

tetradic

#4EA5D8 #C64ED8 #D8814E #60D84E

square

#4EA5D8 #C64ED8 #D8814E #60D84E

split-complementary

#4EA5D8 #D84E60 #D8C64E

monochromatic

#1F648D #2A88BF #4EA5D8 #80BEE3 #B2D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4EA5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#4EA5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5D8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5D8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.112 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfe4',
    500: '#4ea5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5d8;
$custom-light: #8dbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5D8

secondary

#DDBAA5

accent

#7E41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5D8

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

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