#4EAEE9#4EAEE9

#4EAEE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAEE9
RGB	rgb(78, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -10.08, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 39.17, 255.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0642 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.124 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9802, 37.7715, 82.6275)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAEE9 #E9894E

analogous

#4EE9D7 #4EAEE9 #4E60E9

triadic

#4EAEE9 #E94EAE #AEE94E

tetradic

#4EAEE9 #D74EE9 #E9894E #60E94E

square

#4EAEE9 #D74EE9 #E9894E #60E94E

split-complementary

#4EAEE9 #E94E60 #E9D74E

monochromatic

#1570A8 #1C94DE #4EAEE9 #84C7F0 #BBE0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#4EAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAEE9

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAEE9	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eaee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6f0',
    500: '#4eaee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eaee9;
$custom-light: #8fc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eaee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.839,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71814,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAEE9

secondary

#E7C2AC

accent

#5A0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAEE9

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

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