#4EA8D8#4EA8D8

#4EA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EA8D8
RGBrgb(78, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 64%, 58%)
HSVhsv(201, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(63.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.42, -12.29, -32.29)
CIE-LCHlch(65.42, 34.55, 249.17°)
OKLaboklab(69.65% -0.0638 -0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(69.65% 0.111 234.8)
XYZxyz(29.5344, 34.5798, 70.0705)
Luminance0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EA8D8 #D87E4E
analogous
#4ED8C3 #4EA8D8 #4E63D8
triadic
#4EA8D8 #D84EA8 #A8D84E
tetradic
#4EA8D8 #C34ED8 #D87E4E #63D84E
square
#4EA8D8 #C34ED8 #D87E4E #63D84E
split-complementary
#4EA8D8 #D84E63 #D8C34E
monochromatic
#1F668D #2A8BBF #4EA8D8 #80C1E3 #B2D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#4EA8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92
#4EA8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8D8
7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EA8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EA8D81.002.657.927.92
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9221.001.001.00
##0000007.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A7DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E99D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ea8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 234.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1e4',
    500: '#4ea8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ea8d8;
$custom-light: #8dc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ea8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6965,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EA8D8
secondary
#DDB8A5
accent
#7B41E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F7FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8D8

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#4EA8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva