#4EB6DE#4EB6DE

#4EB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6DE
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -17.87, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.02, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0761 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.111 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0494, 40.3460, 75.1389)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6DE #DE764E

analogous

#4EDEBE #4EB6DE #4E6EDE

triadic

#4EB6DE #DE4EB6 #B6DE4E

tetradic

#4EB6DE #BE4EDE #DE764E #6EDE4E

square

#4EB6DE #BE4EDE #DE764E #6EDE4E

split-complementary

#4EB6DE #DE4E6E #DEBE4E

monochromatic

#1C7496 #269CC9 #4EB6DE #82CBE8 #B5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4EB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6DE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6DE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce8',
    500: '#4eb6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6de;
$custom-light: #8ecce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73151,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6DE

secondary

#E0B7A8

accent

#6D3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6DE

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

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