#4EB3E4#4EB3E4

#4EB3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3E4
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -14.39, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 36.19, 246.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0709 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.117 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2601, 39.4578, 79.2470)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3E4 #E47F4E

analogous

#4EE4CA #4EB3E4 #4E68E4

triadic

#4EB3E4 #E44EB3 #B3E44E

tetradic

#4EB3E4 #CA4EE4 #E47F4E #68E44E

square

#4EB3E4 #CA4EE4 #E47F4E #68E44E

split-complementary

#4EB3E4 #E44E68 #E4CA4E

monochromatic

#18739F #209AD4 #4EB3E4 #83CAEC #B8E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4EB3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3E4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3E4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9ec',
    500: '#4eb3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3e4;
$custom-light: #8fc9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72723,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3E4

secondary

#E4BDAA

accent

#7438F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3E4

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

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