#4EB6E1#4EB6E1

#4EB6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6E1
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -16.93, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.81, 240.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.075 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.113 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4550, 40.5083, 77.2753)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6E1 #E1794E

analogous

#4EE1C3 #4EB6E1 #4E6DE1

triadic

#4EB6E1 #E14EB6 #B6E14E

tetradic

#4EB6E1 #C34EE1 #E1794E #6DE14E

square

#4EB6E1 #C34EE1 #E1794E #6DE14E

split-complementary

#4EB6E1 #E14E6D #E1C34E

monochromatic

#1A759A #239DCF #4EB6E1 #82CCEA #B7E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4EB6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6E1

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6E1	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccea',
    500: '#4eb6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6e1;
$custom-light: #8fccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6E1

secondary

#E2BAA9

accent

#6F3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6E1

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

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