#4EB6E6#4EB6E6

#4EB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB6E6
RGBrgb(78, 182, 230)
HSLhsl(199, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.03, -15.35, -32.84)
CIE-LCHlch(70.03, 36.25, 244.95°)
OKLaboklab(73.5% -0.0732 -0.092)
OKLCHoklch(73.5% 0.118 231.5)
XYZxyz(34.1471, 40.7851, 80.9203)
Luminance0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB6E6 #E67E4E
analogous
#4EE6CA #4EB6E6 #4E6AE6
triadic
#4EB6E6 #E64EB6 #B6E64E
tetradic
#4EB6E6 #CA4EE6 #E67E4E #6AE64E
square
#4EB6E6 #CA4EE6 #E67E4E #6AE64E
split-complementary
#4EB6E6 #E64E6A #E6CA4E
monochromatic
#1777A3 #1F9ED8 #4EB6E6 #84CCEE #B9E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#4EB6E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#4EB6E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6E6
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB6E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB6E61.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB4E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A4E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 231.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbee',
    500: '#4eb6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb6e6;
$custom-light: #8fcbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB6E6
secondary
#E5BDAB
accent
#4E0ED7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#4EB6E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva