#4EB4E1#4EB4E1

#4EB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4E1
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -15.87, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 35.10, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.073 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.114 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0484, 39.6950, 77.1398)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4E1 #E17B4E

analogous

#4EE1C4 #4EB4E1 #4E6BE1

triadic

#4EB4E1 #E14EB4 #B4E14E

tetradic

#4EB4E1 #C44EE1 #E17B4E #6BE14E

square

#4EB4E1 #C44EE1 #E17B4E #6BE14E

split-complementary

#4EB4E1 #E14E6B #E1C44E

monochromatic

#1A739A #239ACF #4EB4E1 #82CAEA #B7E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4EB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4E1

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4E1	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaea',
    500: '#4eb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4e1;
$custom-light: #8fcaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4E1

secondary

#E2BAA9

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4E1

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

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