#4EA9CB#4EA9CB

#4EA9CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.099 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9CB
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -16.91, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 30.54, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0695 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.099 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1051, 34.3046, 61.6286)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9CB #CB704E

analogous

#4ECBAE #4EA9CB #4E6ACB

triadic

#4EA9CB #CB4EA9 #A9CB4E

tetradic

#4EA9CB #AE4ECB #CB704E #6ACB4E

square

#4EA9CB #AE4ECB #CB704E #6ACB4E

split-complementary

#4EA9CB #CB4E6A #CBAE4E

monochromatic

#24637B #3289AA #4EA9CB #7DC0D9 #ADD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4EA9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4EA9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9CB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9CB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.099 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4ea9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9cb;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6931,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9CB

secondary

#D5AEA0

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9CB

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

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