#4EB2E1#4EB2E1

#4EB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB2E1
RGBrgb(78, 178, 225)
HSLhsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.67, -14.81, -32.20)
CIE-LCHlch(68.67, 35.44, 245.30°)
OKLaboklab(72.36% -0.0709 -0.0902)
OKLCHoklch(72.36% 0.115 231.8)
XYZxyz(32.6475, 38.8933, 77.0061)
Luminance0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB2E1 #E17D4E
analogous
#4EE1C7 #4EB2E1 #4E69E1
triadic
#4EB2E1 #E14EB2 #B2E14E
tetradic
#4EB2E1 #C74EE1 #E17D4E #69E14E
square
#4EB2E1 #C74EE1 #E17D4E #69E14E
split-complementary
#4EB2E1 #E14E69 #E1C74E
monochromatic
#1A719A #2398CF #4EB2E1 #82C9EA #B7E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#4EB2E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78
#4EB2E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2E1
8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB2E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB2E11.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB0E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A1E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 231.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4eb2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb2e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB2E1
secondary
#E2BBA9
accent
#733AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4EB2E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva