#4EA9CF#4EA9CF

#4EA9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.102 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9CF
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -15.67, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 31.58, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0681 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.102 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5879, 34.4977, 64.1715)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9CF #CF744E

analogous

#4ECFB4 #4EA9CF #4E68CF

triadic

#4EA9CF #CF4EA9 #A9CF4E

tetradic

#4EA9CF #B44ECF #CF744E #68CF4E

square

#4EA9CF #B44ECF #CF744E #68CF4E

split-complementary

#4EA9CF #CF4E68 #CFB44E

monochromatic

#236480 #308AB0 #4EA9CF #7EC0DC #AED8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4EA9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#4EA9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9CF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9CF	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.102 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2dd',
    500: '#4ea9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9cf;
$custom-light: #8cc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69482,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9CF

secondary

#D7B1A2

accent

#7447E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9CF

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

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