#4EB3E1#4EB3E1

#4EB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3E1
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -15.34, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 35.27, 244.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.072 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.114 231)
XYZ	xyz(32.8472, 39.2927, 77.0727)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3E1 #E17C4E

analogous

#4EE1C6 #4EB3E1 #4E69E1

triadic

#4EB3E1 #E14EB3 #B3E14E

tetradic

#4EB3E1 #C64EE1 #E17C4E #69E14E

square

#4EB3E1 #C64EE1 #E17C4E #69E14E

split-complementary

#4EB3E1 #E14E69 #E1C64E

monochromatic

#1A729A #2399CF #4EB3E1 #82C9EA #B7E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4EB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3E1

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3E1	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4eb3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72589,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.39296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3E1

secondary

#E2BBA9

accent

#723AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3E1

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

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