#4EA5DF#4EA5DF

#4EA5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5DF
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -8.38, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 37.98, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0584 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.12 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9112, 33.8546, 74.7560)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5DF #DF884E

analogous

#4EDFD1 #4EA5DF #4E5DDF

triadic

#4EA5DF #DF4EA5 #A5DF4E

tetradic

#4EA5DF #D14EDF #DF884E #5DDF4E

square

#4EA5DF #D14EDF #DF884E #5DDF4E

split-complementary

#4EA5DF #DF4E5D #DFD14E

monochromatic

#1B6697 #2589CB #4EA5DF #82BFE8 #B6DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4EA5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4EA5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5DF

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5DF	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)

#8BA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfe9',
    500: '#4ea5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5df;
$custom-light: #8ebfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69292,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5DF

secondary

#E1BFA8

accent

#823CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5DF

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

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