#4EB4E3#4EB4E3

#4EB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4E3
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -15.24, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 35.70, 244.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0723 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.116 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3228, 39.8047, 78.5851)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4E3 #E37D4E

analogous

#4EE3C7 #4EB4E3 #4E6AE3

triadic

#4EB4E3 #E34EB4 #B4E34E

tetradic

#4EB4E3 #C74EE3 #E37D4E #6AE34E

square

#4EB4E3 #C74EE3 #E37D4E #6AE34E

split-complementary

#4EB4E3 #E34E6A #E3C74E

monochromatic

#19749E #219BD3 #4EB4E3 #83CAEB #B8E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4EB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4E3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4E3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaec',
    500: '#4eb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4e3;
$custom-light: #8fcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72908,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4E3

secondary

#E3BCAA

accent

#7238EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4E3

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

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