#4EB2E6#4EB2E6

#4EB2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2E6
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -13.21, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 37.06, 249.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0692 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.119 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3396, 39.1701, 80.6511)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2E6 #E6824E

analogous

#4EE6CE #4EB2E6 #4E66E6

triadic

#4EB2E6 #E64EB2 #B2E64E

tetradic

#4EB2E6 #CE4EE6 #E6824E #66E64E

square

#4EB2E6 #CE4EE6 #E6824E #66E64E

split-complementary

#4EB2E6 #E64E66 #E6CE4E

monochromatic

#1773A3 #1F99D8 #4EB2E6 #84C9EE #B9E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4EB2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2E6

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2E6	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9ee',
    500: '#4eb2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2e6;
$custom-light: #8fc9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2E6

secondary

#E5BFAB

accent

#530ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2E6

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

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