#4EA8EB#4EA8EB

#4EA8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.131 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8EB
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -6.11, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 41.93, 261.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0577 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.131 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1342, 35.6197, 83.7629)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8EB #EB914E

analogous

#4EEBDF #4EA8EB #4E5AEB

triadic

#4EA8EB #EB4EA8 #A8EB4E

tetradic

#4EA8EB #DF4EEB #EB914E #5AEB4E

square

#4EA8EB #DF4EEB #EB914E #5AEB4E

split-complementary

#4EA8EB #EB4E5A #EBDF4E

monochromatic

#136AAB #1A8DE2 #4EA8EB #85C3F1 #BCDEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4EA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#4EA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8EB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8EB	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1f1',
    500: '#4ea8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8eb;
$custom-light: #8fc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.605,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8EB

secondary

#E8C6AD

accent

#6309DC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8EB

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

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