#4EA9E7#4EA9E7

#4EA9E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9E7
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -7.98, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 39.93, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0599 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.125 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7481, 35.7618, 80.8154)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9E7 #E78C4E

analogous

#4EE7D9 #4EA9E7 #4E5CE7

triadic

#4EA9E7 #E74EA9 #A9E74E

tetradic

#4EA9E7 #D94EE7 #E78C4E #5CE74E

square

#4EA9E7 #D94EE7 #E78C4E #5CE74E

split-complementary

#4EA9E7 #E74E5C #E7D94E

monochromatic

#166BA4 #1E8EDA #4EA9E7 #84C3EE #BADDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4EA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4EA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9E7

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9E7	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2ef',
    500: '#4ea9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9e7;
$custom-light: #8fc2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.314,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9E7

secondary

#E5C3AB

accent

#600DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9E7

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

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