#4EA9DE#4EA9DE

#4EA9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9DE
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -10.91, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 36.44, 252.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0628 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.116 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5096, 35.2664, 74.2923)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9DE #DE834E

analogous

#4EDECB #4EA9DE #4E61DE

triadic

#4EA9DE #DE4EA9 #A9DE4E

tetradic

#4EA9DE #CB4EDE #DE834E #61DE4E

square

#4EA9DE #CB4EDE #DE834E #61DE4E

split-complementary

#4EA9DE #DE4E61 #DECB4E

monochromatic

#1C6996 #268DC9 #4EA9DE #82C2E8 #B5DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4EA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#4EA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9DE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9DE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2e8',
    500: '#4ea9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9de;
$custom-light: #8ec2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70157,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9DE

secondary

#E0BCA8

accent

#7D3CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9DE

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

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