#4EB4E4#4EB4E4

#4EB4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4E4
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -14.92, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 36.00, 245.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0719 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.117 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4612, 39.8601, 79.3141)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4E4 #E47E4E

analogous

#4EE4C9 #4EB4E4 #4E69E4

triadic

#4EB4E4 #E44EB4 #B4E44E

tetradic

#4EB4E4 #C94EE4 #E47E4E #69E44E

square

#4EB4E4 #C94EE4 #E47E4E #69E44E

split-complementary

#4EB4E4 #E44E69 #E4C94E

monochromatic

#18749F #209BD4 #4EB4E4 #83CAEC #B8E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4EB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4E4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4E4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaec',
    500: '#4eb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4e4;
$custom-light: #8fcaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4E4

secondary

#E4BDAA

accent

#7338F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4E4

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

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