#4EA8E1#4EA8E1

#4EA8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8E1
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -9.39, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 37.86, 255.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0608 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.12 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7299, 35.0580, 76.3669)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8E1 #E1874E

analogous

#4EE1D0 #4EA8E1 #4E5FE1

triadic

#4EA8E1 #E14EA8 #A8E14E

tetradic

#4EA8E1 #D04EE1 #E1874E #5FE14E

square

#4EA8E1 #D04EE1 #E1874E #5FE14E

split-complementary

#4EA8E1 #E14E5F #E1D04E

monochromatic

#1A699A #238CCF #4EA8E1 #82C2EA #B7DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4EA8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#4EA8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8E1

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8E1	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1ea',
    500: '#4ea8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8e1;
$custom-light: #8ec1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7007,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8E1

secondary

#E2BFA9

accent

#803AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8E1

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

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