#4EA8E7#4EA8E7

#4EA8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8E7
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -7.43, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 40.26, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0589 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.126 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5628, 35.3912, 80.7536)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8E7 #E78D4E

analogous

#4EE7D9 #4EA8E7 #4E5BE7

triadic

#4EA8E7 #E74EA8 #A8E74E

tetradic

#4EA8E7 #D94EE7 #E78D4E #5BE74E

square

#4EA8E7 #D94EE7 #E78D4E #5BE74E

split-complementary

#4EA8E7 #E74E5B #E7D94E

monochromatic

#166AA4 #1E8DDA #4EA8E7 #84C2EE #BADDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4EA8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4EA8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8E7

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8E7	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1ef',
    500: '#4ea8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8e7;
$custom-light: #8fc1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7036,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8E7

secondary

#E5C3AB

accent

#610DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8E7

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

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