#4EB0E1#4EB0E1

#4EB0E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0E1
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -13.74, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 35.83, 247.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0689 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.116 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2525, 38.1032, 76.8745)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0E1 #E17F4E

analogous

#4EE1C8 #4EB0E1 #4E67E1

triadic

#4EB0E1 #E14EB0 #B0E14E

tetradic

#4EB0E1 #C84EE1 #E17F4E #67E14E

square

#4EB0E1 #C84EE1 #E17F4E #67E14E

split-complementary

#4EB0E1 #E14E67 #E1C84E

monochromatic

#1A709A #2396CF #4EB0E1 #82C7EA #B7DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4EB0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4EB0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0E1

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0E1	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7ea',
    500: '#4eb0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0e1;
$custom-light: #8ec7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0E1

secondary

#E2BCA9

accent

#763AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0E1

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

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