#4EA8E2#4EA8E2

#4EA8E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8E2
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -9.06, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 38.25, 256.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0605 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.121 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8667, 35.1127, 77.0875)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8E2 #E2884E

analogous

#4EE2D2 #4EA8E2 #4E5EE2

triadic

#4EA8E2 #E24EA8 #A8E24E

tetradic

#4EA8E2 #D24EE2 #E2884E #5EE24E

square

#4EA8E2 #D24EE2 #E2884E #5EE24E

split-complementary

#4EA8E2 #E24E5E #E2D24E

monochromatic

#1A699C #228CD1 #4EA8E2 #83C2EB #B7DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4EA8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#4EA8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8E2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8E2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7999E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1eb',
    500: '#4ea8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8e2;
$custom-light: #8ec1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70118,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8E2

secondary

#E3C0A9

accent

#8039EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8E2

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

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