#4EA9D9#4EA9D9

#4EA9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9D9
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -12.51, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 34.67, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0645 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.111 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8494, 35.0023, 70.8152)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9D9 #D97E4E

analogous

#4ED9C3 #4EA9D9 #4E64D9

triadic

#4EA9D9 #D94EA9 #A9D94E

tetradic

#4EA9D9 #C34ED9 #D97E4E #64D94E

square

#4EA9D9 #C34ED9 #D97E4E #64D94E

split-complementary

#4EA9D9 #D94E64 #D9C34E

monochromatic

#1F688E #298CC0 #4EA9D9 #80C1E4 #B3DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4EA9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#4EA9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9D9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9D9	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2e5',
    500: '#4ea9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9d9;
$custom-light: #8dc2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69926,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9D9

secondary

#DDB9A6

accent

#7A40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9D9

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

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