#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
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -15.98, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 35.66, 243.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0739 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.116 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8679, 40.6734, 79.4496)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4EB6E4	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4EB6E4

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

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