#4EA6E5#4EA6E5

#4EA6E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6E5
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -6.97, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 40.11, 259.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0575 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.125 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9156, 34.5461, 79.1523)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6E5 #E58D4E

analogous

#4EE5D8 #4EA6E5 #4E5BE5

triadic

#4EA6E5 #E54EA6 #A6E54E

tetradic

#4EA6E5 #D84EE5 #E58D4E #5BE54E

square

#4EA6E5 #D84EE5 #E58D4E #5BE54E

split-complementary

#4EA6E5 #E54E5B #E5D84E

monochromatic

#1868A1 #1F8AD6 #4EA6E5 #83C1ED #B9DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#4EA6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6E5

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6E5	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0ed',
    500: '#4ea6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6e5;
$custom-light: #8ec0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.033,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6E5

secondary

#E4C3AA

accent

#620FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6E5

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

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