#4EA9D0#4EA9D0

#4EA9D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9D0
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -15.35, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 31.85, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0677 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.103 229)
XYZ	xyz(28.7106, 34.5468, 64.8174)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9D0 #D0754E

analogous

#4ED0B6 #4EA9D0 #4E68D0

triadic

#4EA9D0 #D04EA9 #A9D04E

tetradic

#4EA9D0 #B64ED0 #D0754E #68D04E

square

#4EA9D0 #B64ED0 #D0754E #68D04E

split-complementary

#4EA9D0 #D04E68 #D0B64E

monochromatic

#226581 #2F8AB2 #4EA9D0 #7EC0DD #AFD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#4EA9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9D0

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9D0	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2de',
    500: '#4ea9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9d0;
$custom-light: #8cc2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.3455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9D0

secondary

#D8B2A2

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9D0

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

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