#4EB1E1#4EB1E1

#4EB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB1E1
RGBrgb(78, 177, 225)
HSLhsl(200, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.39, -14.27, -32.65)
CIE-LCHlch(68.39, 35.63, 246.39°)
OKLaboklab(72.13% -0.0699 -0.0915)
OKLCHoklch(72.13% 0.115 232.6)
XYZxyz(32.4493, 38.4968, 76.9401)
Luminance0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB1E1 #E17E4E
analogous
#4EE1C8 #4EB1E1 #4E68E1
triadic
#4EB1E1 #E14EB1 #B1E14E
tetradic
#4EB1E1 #C84EE1 #E17E4E #68E14E
square
#4EB1E1 #C84EE1 #E17E4E #68E14E
split-complementary
#4EB1E1 #E14E68 #E1C84E
monochromatic
#1A719A #2397CF #4EB1E1 #82C8EA #B7DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#4EB1E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#4EB1E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB1E1
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB1E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB1E11.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99AFE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A0E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 232.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ea',
    500: '#4eb1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb1e1;
$custom-light: #8ec8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB1E1
secondary
#E2BBA9
accent
#753AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB1E1

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#4EB1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva