#4EB6E5#4EB6E5

#4EB6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6E5
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -15.67, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 35.95, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0736 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.117 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0071, 40.7291, 80.1828)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6E5 #E57D4E

analogous

#4EE5C8 #4EB6E5 #4E6BE5

triadic

#4EB6E5 #E54EB6 #B6E54E

tetradic

#4EB6E5 #C84EE5 #E57D4E #6BE54E

square

#4EB6E5 #C84EE5 #E57D4E #6BE54E

split-complementary

#4EB6E5 #E54E6B #E5C84E

monochromatic

#1876A1 #1F9DD6 #4EB6E5 #83CCED #B9E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4EB6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6E5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6E5	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbed',
    500: '#4eb6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6e5;
$custom-light: #8fcbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6E5

secondary

#E4BCAA

accent

#4D0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6E5

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