#4EB5E2#4EB5E2

#4EB5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5E2
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -16.09, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 35.23, 242.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0736 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.115 230)
XYZ	xyz(33.3878, 40.1549, 77.9278)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5E2 #E27B4E

analogous

#4EE2C5 #4EB5E2 #4E6BE2

triadic

#4EB5E2 #E24EB5 #B5E24E

tetradic

#4EB5E2 #C54EE2 #E27B4E #6BE24E

square

#4EB5E2 #C54EE2 #E27B4E #6BE24E

split-complementary

#4EB5E2 #E24E6B #E2C54E

monochromatic

#1A749C #229CD1 #4EB5E2 #83CBEB #B7E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4EB5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4EB5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5E2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5E2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbeb',
    500: '#4eb5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5e2;
$custom-light: #8fcbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5E2

secondary

#E3BBA9

accent

#7039EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5E2

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

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