#4EB4EC#4EB4EC

#4EB4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4EC
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -12.36, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 38.65, 251.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0692 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.124 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5976, 40.3146, 85.2988)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4EC #EC864E

analogous

#4EECD5 #4EB4EC #4E65EC

triadic

#4EB4EC #EC4EB4 #B4EC4E

tetradic

#4EB4EC #D54EEC #EC864E #65EC4E

square

#4EB4EC #D54EEC #EC864E #65EC4E

split-complementary

#4EB4EC #EC4E65 #ECD54E

monochromatic

#1376AD #199CE4 #4EB4EC #85CBF2 #BDE3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4EB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4EC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4EC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90caf2',
    500: '#4eb4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ec;
$custom-light: #90caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.266,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4EC

secondary

#E8C2AE

accent

#5409DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4EC

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

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