#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
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -15.35, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 36.25, 244.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0732 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.118 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1471, 40.7851, 80.9203)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4EB6E6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4EB6E6

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

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