#4EA9CE#4EA9CE

#4EA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9CE
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -15.98, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 31.30, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0684 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.102 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4661, 34.4490, 63.5297)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9CE #CE734E

analogous

#4ECEB3 #4EA9CE #4E69CE

triadic

#4EA9CE #CE4EA9 #A9CE4E

tetradic

#4EA9CE #B34ECE #CE734E #69CE4E

square

#4EA9CE #B34ECE #CE734E #69CE4E

split-complementary

#4EA9CE #CE4E69 #CEB34E

monochromatic

#23647F #308AAE #4EA9CE #7EC0DB #AED8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4EA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#4EA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9CE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9CE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dd',
    500: '#4ea9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9ce;
$custom-light: #8cc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9CE

secondary

#D7B1A1

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9CE

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

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