#4EB2E0#4EB2E0

#4EB2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2E0
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -15.12, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 35.14, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0713 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.114 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5115, 38.8389, 76.2898)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2E0 #E07C4E

analogous

#4EE0C5 #4EB2E0 #4E69E0

triadic

#4EB2E0 #E04EB2 #B2E04E

tetradic

#4EB2E0 #C54EE0 #E07C4E #69E04E

square

#4EB2E0 #C54EE0 #E07C4E #69E04E

split-complementary

#4EB2E0 #E04E69 #E0C54E

monochromatic

#1B7199 #2498CD #4EB2E0 #82C9E9 #B6DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4EB2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2E0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2E0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e9',
    500: '#4eb2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2e0;
$custom-light: #8ec9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72315,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2E0

secondary

#E1BAA8

accent

#733BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2E0

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

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