#4EB1E5#4EB1E5

#4EB1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB1E5
RGB	rgb(78, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -13.00, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 36.95, 249.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0686 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.119 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0014, 38.7176, 79.8476)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB1E5 #E5824E

analogous

#4EE5CD #4EB1E5 #4E66E5

triadic

#4EB1E5 #E54EB1 #B1E54E

tetradic

#4EB1E5 #CD4EE5 #E5824E #66E54E

square

#4EB1E5 #CD4EE5 #E5824E #66E54E

split-complementary

#4EB1E5 #E54E66 #E5CD4E

monochromatic

#1872A1 #1F97D6 #4EB1E5 #83C9ED #B9E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4EB1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB1E5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB1E5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8ed',
    500: '#4eb1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb1e5;
$custom-light: #8fc8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.662,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB1E5

secondary

#E4BEAA

accent

#540FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB1E5

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

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