#4EA6E2#4EA6E2

#4EA6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6E2
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -7.96, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 38.87, 258.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0585 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.122 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5003, 34.3800, 76.9654)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6E2 #E28A4E

analogous

#4EE2D4 #4EA6E2 #4E5CE2

triadic

#4EA6E2 #E24EA6 #A6E24E

tetradic

#4EA6E2 #D44EE2 #E28A4E #5CE24E

square

#4EA6E2 #D44EE2 #E28A4E #5CE24E

split-complementary

#4EA6E2 #E24E5C #E2D44E

monochromatic

#1A679C #228AD1 #4EA6E2 #83C0EB #B7DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4EA6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4EA6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6E2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6E2	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0eb',
    500: '#4ea6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6e2;
$custom-light: #8ec0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6E2

secondary

#E3C0A9

accent

#8339EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6E2

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

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