#4EB3E6#4EB3E6

#4EB3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3E6
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -13.75, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 36.84, 248.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0702 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.119 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5393, 39.5695, 80.7177)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3E6 #E6814E

analogous

#4EE6CD #4EB3E6 #4E67E6

triadic

#4EB3E6 #E64EB3 #B3E64E

tetradic

#4EB3E6 #CD4EE6 #E6814E #67E64E

square

#4EB3E6 #CD4EE6 #E6814E #67E64E

split-complementary

#4EB3E6 #E64E67 #E6CD4E

monochromatic

#1774A3 #1F9AD8 #4EB3E6 #84CAEE #B9E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4EB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3E6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3E6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc9ee',
    500: '#4eb3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3e6;
$custom-light: #8fc9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.132,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3E6

secondary

#E5BEAB

accent

#520ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3E6

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

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