#4EA9DD#4EA9DD

#4EA9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9DD
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -11.23, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 36.08, 251.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0632 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.115 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3760, 35.2129, 73.5885)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9DD #DD824E

analogous

#4EDDC9 #4EA9DD #4E61DD

triadic

#4EA9DD #DD4EA9 #A9DD4E

tetradic

#4EA9DD #C94EDD #DD824E #61DD4E

square

#4EA9DD #C94EDD #DD824E #61DD4E

split-complementary

#4EA9DD #DD4E61 #DDC94E

monochromatic

#1C6994 #268DC7 #4EA9DD #81C2E7 #B5DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4EA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#4EA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9DD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9DD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2e7',
    500: '#4ea9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9dd;
$custom-light: #8ec2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9DD

secondary

#E0BCA7

accent

#7C3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9DD

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

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