#4EB3EC#4EB3EC

#4EB3EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3EC
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -11.82, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.91, 252.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0682 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.125 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3964, 39.9123, 85.2317)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3EC #EC874E

analogous

#4EECD6 #4EB3EC #4E64EC

triadic

#4EB3EC #EC4EB3 #B3EC4E

tetradic

#4EB3EC #D64EEC #EC874E #64EC4E

square

#4EB3EC #D64EEC #EC874E #64EC4E

split-complementary

#4EB3EC #EC4E64 #ECD64E

monochromatic

#1375AD #199BE4 #4EB3EC #85CBF2 #BDE2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4EB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3EC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3EC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9f2',
    500: '#4eb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3ec;
$custom-light: #90c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.646,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3EC

secondary

#E8C3AE

accent

#5509DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3EC

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

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