#4EA6E6#4EA6E6

#4EA6E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6E6
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -6.65, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 40.53, 260.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0572 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.126 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0556, 34.6021, 79.8898)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6E6 #E68E4E

analogous

#4EE6DA #4EA6E6 #4E5AE6

triadic

#4EA6E6 #E64EA6 #A6E64E

tetradic

#4EA6E6 #DA4EE6 #E68E4E #5AE64E

square

#4EA6E6 #DA4EE6 #E68E4E #5AE64E

split-complementary

#4EA6E6 #E64E5A #E6DA4E

monochromatic

#1768A3 #1F8AD8 #4EA6E6 #84C1EE #B9DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#4EA6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6E6

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6E6	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0ee',
    500: '#4ea6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6e6;
$custom-light: #8fc0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6E6

secondary

#E5C3AB

accent

#630ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6E6

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

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