#4EB6E2#4EB6E2

#4EB6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB6E2
RGBrgb(78, 182, 226)
HSLhsl(198, 72%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 65%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(65.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.87, -16.61, -30.90)
CIE-LCHlch(69.87, 35.08, 241.74°)
OKLaboklab(73.32% -0.0746 -0.0865)
OKLCHoklch(73.32% 0.114 229.2)
XYZxyz(33.5919, 40.5630, 77.9959)
Luminance0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB6E2 #E27A4E
analogous
#4EE2C4 #4EB6E2 #4E6CE2
triadic
#4EB6E2 #E24EB6 #B6E24E
tetradic
#4EB6E2 #C44EE2 #E27A4E #6CE24E
square
#4EB6E2 #C44EE2 #E27A4E #6CE24E
split-complementary
#4EB6E2 #E24E6C #E2C44E
monochromatic
#1A759C #229DD1 #4EB6E2 #83CCEB #B7E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#4EB6E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11
#4EB6E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6E2
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB6E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB6E21.002.309.119.11
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB3E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA4E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 229.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcceb',
    500: '#4eb6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb6e2;
$custom-light: #8fcceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB6E2
secondary
#E3BAA9
accent
#6F39EF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4EB6E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva