#4EB6DB#4EB6DB

#4EB6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6DB
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -18.80, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 33.30, 235.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0772 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.109 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6509, 40.1866, 73.0401)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6DB #DB734E

analogous

#4EDBBA #4EB6DB #4E6FDB

triadic

#4EB6DB #DB4EB6 #B6DB4E

tetradic

#4EB6DB #BA4EDB #DB734E #6FDB4E

square

#4EB6DB #BA4EDB #DB734E #6FDB4E

split-complementary

#4EB6DB #DB4E6F #DBBA4E

monochromatic

#1E7391 #289BC4 #4EB6DB #81CBE5 #B4E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4EB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6DB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6DB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce6',
    500: '#4eb6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6db;
$custom-light: #8ecce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6DB

secondary

#DEB5A6

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6DB

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

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