#4EA5E1#4EA5E1

#4EA5E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5E1
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -7.73, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 38.79, 258.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0578 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.122 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1825, 33.9631, 76.1844)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5E1 #E18A4E

analogous

#4EE1D4 #4EA5E1 #4E5CE1

triadic

#4EA5E1 #E14EA5 #A5E14E

tetradic

#4EA5E1 #D44EE1 #E18A4E #5CE14E

square

#4EA5E1 #D44EE1 #E18A4E #5CE14E

split-complementary

#4EA5E1 #E14E5C #E1D44E

monochromatic

#1A669A #2389CF #4EA5E1 #82C0EA #B7DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4EA5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4EA5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5E1

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5E1	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfea',
    500: '#4ea5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5e1;
$custom-light: #8ebfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69389,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5E1

secondary

#E2C0A9

accent

#833AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5E1

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

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