#4EB0E6#4EB0E6

#4EB0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0E6
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -12.14, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 37.53, 251.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0672 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.12 236)
XYZ	xyz(32.9446, 38.3800, 80.5194)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0E6 #E6844E

analogous

#4EE6D0 #4EB0E6 #4E64E6

triadic

#4EB0E6 #E64EB0 #B0E64E

tetradic

#4EB0E6 #D04EE6 #E6844E #64E64E

square

#4EB0E6 #D04EE6 #E6844E #64E64E

split-complementary

#4EB0E6 #E64E64 #E6D04E

monochromatic

#1771A3 #1F96D8 #4EB0E6 #84C8EE #B9E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4EB0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0E6

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0E6	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7ee',
    500: '#4eb0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0e6;
$custom-light: #8fc7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.316,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.38384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0E6

secondary

#E5BFAB

accent

#560ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0E6

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

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