#4EB4E2#4EB4E2

#4EB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4E2
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -15.56, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 35.40, 243.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0726 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.115 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1852, 39.7497, 77.8603)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4E2 #E27C4E

analogous

#4EE2C6 #4EB4E2 #4E6AE2

triadic

#4EB4E2 #E24EB4 #B4E24E

tetradic

#4EB4E2 #C64EE2 #E27C4E #6AE24E

square

#4EB4E2 #C64EE2 #E27C4E #6AE24E

split-complementary

#4EB4E2 #E24E6A #E2C64E

monochromatic

#1A739C #229AD1 #4EB4E2 #83CAEB #B7E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4EB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4E2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4E2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaeb',
    500: '#4eb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4e2;
$custom-light: #8fcaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4E2

secondary

#E3BBA9

accent

#7239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4E2

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

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