#4EA8D9#4EA8D9

#4EA8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8D9
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -11.97, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 34.90, 249.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0635 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.112 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6641, 34.6317, 70.7534)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8D9 #D97F4E

analogous

#4ED9C4 #4EA8D9 #4E62D9

triadic

#4EA8D9 #D94EA8 #A8D94E

tetradic

#4EA8D9 #C44ED9 #D97F4E #62D94E

square

#4EA8D9 #C44ED9 #D97F4E #62D94E

split-complementary

#4EA8D9 #D94E62 #D9C44E

monochromatic

#1F678E #298BC0 #4EA8D9 #80C1E4 #B3DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#4EA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8D9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8D9	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)

#91A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1e5',
    500: '#4ea8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8d9;
$custom-light: #8dc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69696,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8D9

secondary

#DDB9A6

accent

#7B40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8D9

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

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