#4EB4E5#4EB4E5

#4EB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.118 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4E5
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -14.60, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 36.31, 246.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0716 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.118 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6004, 39.9158, 80.0473)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4E5 #E57F4E

analogous

#4EE5CA #4EB4E5 #4E69E5

triadic

#4EB4E5 #E54EB4 #B4E54E

tetradic

#4EB4E5 #CA4EE5 #E57F4E #69E54E

square

#4EB4E5 #CA4EE5 #E57F4E #69E54E

split-complementary

#4EB4E5 #E54E69 #E5CA4E

monochromatic

#1874A1 #1F9BD6 #4EB4E5 #83CBED #B9E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4EB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4E5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4E5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.118 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcaed',
    500: '#4eb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4e5;
$custom-light: #8fcaed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72997,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4E5

secondary

#E4BDAA

accent

#500FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4E5

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

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