#4EB6E4#4EB6E4

#4EB6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB6E4
RGBrgb(78, 182, 228)
HSLhsl(198, 74%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 66%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(65.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.95, -15.98, -31.87)
CIE-LCHlch(69.95, 35.66, 243.37°)
OKLaboklab(73.41% -0.0739 -0.0893)
OKLCHoklch(73.41% 0.116 230.4)
XYZxyz(33.8679, 40.6734, 79.4496)
Luminance0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB6E4 #E47C4E
analogous
#4EE4C7 #4EB6E4 #4E6BE4
triadic
#4EB6E4 #E44EB6 #B6E44E
tetradic
#4EB6E4 #C74EE4 #E47C4E #6BE44E
square
#4EB6E4 #C74EE4 #E47C4E #6BE44E
split-complementary
#4EB6E4 #E44E6B #E4C74E
monochromatic
#18769F #209DD4 #4EB6E4 #83CCEC #B8E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#4EB6E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#4EB6E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6E4
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB6E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB6E41.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB3E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA4E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 230.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fccec',
    500: '#4eb6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb6e4;
$custom-light: #8fccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73412,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB6E4
secondary
#E4BCAA
accent
#7038F0
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4EB6E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva