#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
RGBrgb(78, 169, 231)
HSLhsl(204, 76%, 61%)
HSVhsv(204, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.34, -7.98, -39.12)
CIE-LCHlch(66.34, 39.93, 258.47°)
OKLaboklab(70.59% -0.0599 -0.1102)
OKLCHoklch(70.59% 0.125 241.5)
XYZxyz(31.7481, 35.7618, 80.8154)
Luminance0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4EA9E71.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

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

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#4EA9E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva