#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
RGB	rgb(78, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -14.27, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 35.63, 246.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0699 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.115 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4493, 38.4968, 76.9401)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4EB1E1	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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