#4EB6CE#4EB6CE

#4EB6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6CE
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -22.75, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 31.02, 222.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0821 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0059, 39.5286, 64.3763)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6CE #CE664E

analogous

#4ECEA6 #4EB6CE #4E76CE

triadic

#4EB6CE #CE4EB6 #B6CE4E

tetradic

#4EB6CE #A64ECE #CE664E #76CE4E

square

#4EB6CE #A64ECE #CE664E #76CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB6CE #CE4E76 #CEA64E

monochromatic

#236D7F #3097AE #4EB6CE #7ECADB #AEDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4EB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6CE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6CE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dccdd',
    500: '#4eb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6ce;
$custom-light: #8dccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6CE

secondary

#D7ABA1

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6CE

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

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