#4EB6DD#4EB6DD

#4EB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6DD
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -18.18, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 33.77, 237.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0764 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.11 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9158, 40.2926, 74.4351)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6DD #DD754E

analogous

#4EDDBD #4EB6DD #4E6EDD

triadic

#4EB6DD #DD4EB6 #B6DD4E

tetradic

#4EB6DD #BD4EDD #DD754E #6EDD4E

square

#4EB6DD #BD4EDD #DD754E #6EDD4E

split-complementary

#4EB6DD #DD4E6E #DDBD4E

monochromatic

#1C7394 #269CC7 #4EB6DD #81CBE7 #B5E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4EB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6DD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6DD	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)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4eb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6dd;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6DD

secondary

#E0B7A7

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6DD

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

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