#4EA9D1#4EA9D1

#4EA9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9D1
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -15.04, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 32.14, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0673 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.104 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8340, 34.5961, 65.4674)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9D1 #D1764E

analogous

#4ED1B8 #4EA9D1 #4E68D1

triadic

#4EA9D1 #D14EA9 #A9D14E

tetradic

#4EA9D1 #B84ED1 #D1764E #68D14E

square

#4EA9D1 #B84ED1 #D1764E #68D14E

split-complementary

#4EA9D1 #D14E68 #D1B84E

monochromatic

#226583 #2F8BB3 #4EA9D1 #7FC1DE #AFD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4EA9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#4EA9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9D1

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9D1	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8299D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2df',
    500: '#4ea9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9d1;
$custom-light: #8cc2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69569,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9D1

secondary

#D8B3A2

accent

#7646E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9D1

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

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