#4EB3EE#4EB3EE

#4EB3EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.127 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3EE
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -11.18, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 39.64, 253.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0676 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.127 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6886, 40.0292, 86.7706)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3EE #EE894E

analogous

#4EEED9 #4EB3EE #4E63EE

triadic

#4EB3EE #EE4EB3 #B3EE4E

tetradic

#4EB3EE #D94EEE #EE894E #63EE4E

square

#4EB3EE #D94EEE #EE894E #63EE4E

split-complementary

#4EB3EE #EE4E63 #EED94E

monochromatic

#1176B1 #169BE8 #4EB3EE #86CBF3 #BEE3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4EB3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4EB3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3EE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3EE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.127 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9f3',
    500: '#4eb3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3ee;
$custom-light: #90c9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.125,
    "s": 82.474,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3EE

secondary

#E9C4AE

accent

#5607DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3EE

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

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