#4EA9E1#4EA9E1

#4EA9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9E1
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -9.94, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 37.56, 254.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0618 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.119 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9152, 35.4287, 76.4287)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9E1 #E1864E

analogous

#4EE1CF #4EA9E1 #4E60E1

triadic

#4EA9E1 #E14EA9 #A9E14E

tetradic

#4EA9E1 #CF4EE1 #E1864E #60E14E

square

#4EA9E1 #CF4EE1 #E1864E #60E14E

split-complementary

#4EA9E1 #E14E60 #E1CF4E

monochromatic

#1A6A9A #238DCF #4EA9E1 #82C2EA #B7DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4EA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#4EA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9E1

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9E1	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ea',
    500: '#4ea9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9e1;
$custom-light: #8ec2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70298,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9E1

secondary

#E2BFA9

accent

#7F3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9E1

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

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