#4EA9E0#4EA9E0

#4EA9E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9E0
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -10.26, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 37.18, 253.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0622 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.118 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7792, 35.3742, 75.7124)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9E0 #E0854E

analogous

#4EE0CE #4EA9E0 #4E60E0

triadic

#4EA9E0 #E04EA9 #A9E04E

tetradic

#4EA9E0 #CE4EE0 #E0854E #60E04E

square

#4EA9E0 #CE4EE0 #E0854E #60E04E

split-complementary

#4EA9E0 #E04E60 #E0CE4E

monochromatic

#1B6999 #248DCD #4EA9E0 #82C2E9 #B6DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4EA9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4EA9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9E0

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9E0	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ea',
    500: '#4ea9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9e0;
$custom-light: #8ec2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.603,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9E0

secondary

#E1BEA8

accent

#7E3BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9E0

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

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