#4EA5ED#4EA5ED

#4EA5ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.135 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5ED
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -3.77, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 43.93, 265.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0542 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.135 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8773, 34.6410, 85.1107)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5ED #ED964E

analogous

#4EEDE6 #4EA5ED #4E56ED

triadic

#4EA5ED #ED4EA5 #A5ED4E

tetradic

#4EA5ED #E64EED #ED964E #56ED4E

square

#4EA5ED #E64EED #ED964E #56ED4E

split-complementary

#4EA5ED #ED4E56 #EDE64E

monochromatic

#1268AF #1789E6 #4EA5ED #86C1F3 #BDDDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#4EA5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5ED

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5ED	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.135 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bff3',
    500: '#4ea5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5ed;
$custom-light: #90bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.17,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5ED

secondary

#E9C9AE

accent

#6908DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5ED

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

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