#4EB3E2#4EB3E2

#4EB3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3E2
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -15.02, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 35.57, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0716 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.115 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9841, 39.3474, 77.7933)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3E2 #E27D4E

analogous

#4EE2C7 #4EB3E2 #4E69E2

triadic

#4EB3E2 #E24EB3 #B3E24E

tetradic

#4EB3E2 #C74EE2 #E27D4E #69E24E

square

#4EB3E2 #C74EE2 #E27D4E #69E24E

split-complementary

#4EB3E2 #E24E69 #E2C74E

monochromatic

#1A739C #2299D1 #4EB3E2 #83CAEB #B7E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4EB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3E2

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3E2	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9eb',
    500: '#4eb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3e2;
$custom-light: #8fc9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3E2

secondary

#E3BBA9

accent

#7339EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3E2

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

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