#4EA8EC#4EA8EC

#4EA8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8EC
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -5.78, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 42.36, 262.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0574 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.132 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2791, 35.6777, 84.5259)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8EC #EC924E

analogous

#4EECE1 #4EA8EC #4E59EC

triadic

#4EA8EC #EC4EA8 #A8EC4E

tetradic

#4EA8EC #E14EEC #EC924E #59EC4E

square

#4EA8EC #E14EEC #EC924E #59EC4E

split-complementary

#4EA8EC #EC4E59 #ECE14E

monochromatic

#136BAD #198DE4 #4EA8EC #85C3F2 #BDDEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4EA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#4EA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8EC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8EC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1f2',
    500: '#4ea8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8ec;
$custom-light: #90c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.823,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8EC

secondary

#E8C7AE

accent

#6409DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8EC

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

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