#4EA8ED#4EA8ED

#4EA8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.133 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8ED
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -5.45, -42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 42.79, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0571 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.133 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4248, 35.7360, 85.2932)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8ED #ED934E

analogous

#4EEDE3 #4EA8ED #4E59ED

triadic

#4EA8ED #ED4EA8 #A8ED4E

tetradic

#4EA8ED #E34EED #ED934E #59ED4E

square

#4EA8ED #E34EED #ED934E #59ED4E

split-complementary

#4EA8ED #ED4E59 #EDE34E

monochromatic

#126BAF #178DE6 #4EA8ED #86C3F3 #BDDFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4EA8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4EA8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8ED

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8ED	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.133 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1f3',
    500: '#4ea8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8ed;
$custom-light: #90c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70657,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8ED

secondary

#E9C8AE

accent

#6508DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8ED

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

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