#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
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -14.81, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 35.44, 245.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0709 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.115 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6475, 38.8933, 77.0061)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4EB2E1	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4EB2E1

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

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