#4EB3E0#4EB3E0

#4EB3E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3E0
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -15.66, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 34.97, 243.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0723 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.114 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7112, 39.2383, 76.3564)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3E0 #E07B4E

analogous

#4EE0C4 #4EB3E0 #4E6AE0

triadic

#4EB3E0 #E04EB3 #B3E04E

tetradic

#4EB3E0 #C44EE0 #E07B4E #6AE04E

square

#4EB3E0 #C44EE0 #E07B4E #6AE04E

split-complementary

#4EB3E0 #E04E6A #E0C44E

monochromatic

#1B7299 #2499CD #4EB3E0 #82C9E9 #B6E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4EB3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3E0

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3E0	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e9',
    500: '#4eb3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3e0;
$custom-light: #8ec9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3E0

secondary

#E1BAA8

accent

#723BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3E0

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

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