#4EA5D9#4EA5D9

#4EA5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5D9
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -10.33, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 35.66, 253.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0604 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.113 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1166, 33.5367, 70.5710)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5D9 #D9824E

analogous

#4ED9C7 #4EA5D9 #4E5FD9

triadic

#4EA5D9 #D94EA5 #A5D94E

tetradic

#4EA5D9 #C74ED9 #D9824E #5FD94E

square

#4EA5D9 #C74ED9 #D9824E #5FD94E

split-complementary

#4EA5D9 #D94E5F #D9C74E

monochromatic

#1F648E #2988C0 #4EA5D9 #80BFE4 #B3D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EA5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4EA5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5D9

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5D9	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfe5',
    500: '#4ea5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5d9;
$custom-light: #8dbfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.446,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5D9

secondary

#DDBAA6

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5D9

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

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