#4EB3CE#4EB3CE

#4EB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3CE
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -21.22, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 30.87, 226.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.079 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.101 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3981, 38.3130, 64.1737)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3CE #CE694E

analogous

#4ECEA9 #4EB3CE #4E73CE

triadic

#4EB3CE #CE4EB3 #B3CE4E

tetradic

#4EB3CE #A94ECE #CE694E #73CE4E

square

#4EB3CE #A94ECE #CE694E #73CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB3CE #CE4E73 #CEA94E

monochromatic

#236B7F #3094AE #4EB3CE #7EC8DB #AEDCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4EB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3CE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3CE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadd',
    500: '#4eb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3ce;
$custom-light: #8ccadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3CE

secondary

#D7ADA1

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3CE

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

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