#4EA9D4#4EA9D4

#4EA9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9D4
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -14.10, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 33.04, 244.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0663 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.107 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2089, 34.7461, 67.4419)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9D4 #D4794E

analogous

#4ED4BC #4EA9D4 #4E66D4

triadic

#4EA9D4 #D44EA9 #A9D44E

tetradic

#4EA9D4 #BC4ED4 #D4794E #66D44E

square

#4EA9D4 #BC4ED4 #D4794E #66D44E

split-complementary

#4EA9D4 #D44E66 #D4BC4E

monochromatic

#216687 #2D8BB8 #4EA9D4 #7FC1E0 #B0D9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4EA9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#4EA9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9D4

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9D4	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc2e1',
    500: '#4ea9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9d4;
$custom-light: #8cc2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69701,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9D4

secondary

#DAB5A4

accent

#7744E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9D4

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

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