#4EA5DD#4EA5DD

#4EA5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5DD
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -9.03, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 37.19, 255.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0591 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.117 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6432, 33.7474, 73.3443)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5DD #DD864E

analogous

#4EDDCE #4EA5DD #4E5DDD

triadic

#4EA5DD #DD4EA5 #A5DD4E

tetradic

#4EA5DD #CE4EDD #DD864E #5DDD4E

square

#4EA5DD #CE4EDD #DD864E #5DDD4E

split-complementary

#4EA5DD #DD4E5D #DDCE4E

monochromatic

#1C6594 #2688C7 #4EA5DD #81BFE7 #B5D9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4EA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4EA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5DD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5DD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfe7',
    500: '#4ea5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5dd;
$custom-light: #8dbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69196,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5DD

secondary

#E0BDA7

accent

#813DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5DD

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

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