#4EA9CD#4EA9CD

#4EA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9CD
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -16.29, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 31.04, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0688 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.101 227)
XYZ	xyz(28.3450, 34.4005, 62.8919)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9CD #CD724E

analogous

#4ECDB1 #4EA9CD #4E69CD

triadic

#4EA9CD #CD4EA9 #A9CD4E

tetradic

#4EA9CD #B14ECD #CD724E #69CD4E

square

#4EA9CD #B14ECD #CD724E #69CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA9CD #CD4E69 #CDB14E

monochromatic

#23647D #318AAD #4EA9CD #7EC0DA #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4EA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4EA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9CD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9CD	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dc',
    500: '#4ea9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9cd;
$custom-light: #8cc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69395,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9CD

secondary

#D6B0A1

accent

#7349DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9CD

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

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