#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
RGBrgb(78, 185, 225)
HSLhsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.70, -18.50, -29.08)
CIE-LCHlch(70.70, 34.46, 237.53°)
OKLaboklab(73.98% -0.078 -0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(73.98% 0.113 226.2)
XYZxyz(34.0760, 41.7502, 77.4823)
Luminance0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##4EB9E11.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

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

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#4EB9E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva