#4EB9E1#4EB9E1

#4EB9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9E1
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -18.50, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 34.46, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.078 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.113 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0760, 41.7502, 77.4823)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9E1 #E1764E

analogous

#4EE1C0 #4EB9E1 #4E6FE1

triadic

#4EB9E1 #E14EB9 #B9E14E

tetradic

#4EB9E1 #C04EE1 #E1764E #6FE14E

square

#4EB9E1 #C04EE1 #E1764E #6FE14E

split-complementary

#4EB9E1 #E14E6F #E1C04E

monochromatic

#1A789A #23A0CF #4EB9E1 #82CEEA #B7E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4EB9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#4EB9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9E1

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9E1	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceea',
    500: '#4eb9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9e1;
$custom-light: #8fceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73975,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9E1

secondary

#E2B8A9

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9E1

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

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