#4EB0E5#4EB0E5

#4EB0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0E5
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -12.46, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 37.18, 250.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0676 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.119 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8046, 38.3240, 79.7820)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0E5 #E5834E

analogous

#4EE5CF #4EB0E5 #4E64E5

triadic

#4EB0E5 #E54EB0 #B0E54E

tetradic

#4EB0E5 #CF4EE5 #E5834E #64E54E

square

#4EB0E5 #CF4EE5 #E5834E #64E54E

split-complementary

#4EB0E5 #E54E64 #E5CF4E

monochromatic

#1871A1 #1F96D6 #4EB0E5 #83C8ED #B9E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4EB0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0E5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0E5	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7ed',
    500: '#4eb0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0e5;
$custom-light: #8fc7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0E5

secondary

#E4BFAA

accent

#550FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0E5

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

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