#4EA8E9#4EA8E9

#4EA8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8E9
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -6.77, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 41.09, 260.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0583 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.128 243)
XYZ	xyz(31.8469, 35.5048, 82.2497)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8E9 #E98F4E

analogous

#4EE9DC #4EA8E9 #4E5AE9

triadic

#4EA8E9 #E94EA8 #A8E94E

tetradic

#4EA8E9 #DC4EE9 #E98F4E #5AE94E

square

#4EA8E9 #DC4EE9 #E98F4E #5AE94E

split-complementary

#4EA8E9 #E94E5A #E9DC4E

monochromatic

#156AA8 #1C8DDE #4EA8E9 #84C3F0 #BBDEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4EA8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#4EA8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8E9

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8E9	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1f0',
    500: '#4ea8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8e9;
$custom-light: #8fc1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.35508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8E9

secondary

#E7C5AC

accent

#620BDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8E9

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

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