#4EB9E4#4EB9E4

#4EB9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9E4
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -17.56, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 35.23, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0769 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.115 228)
XYZ	xyz(34.4889, 41.9154, 79.6566)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9E4 #E4794E

analogous

#4EE4C4 #4EB9E4 #4E6EE4

triadic

#4EB9E4 #E44EB9 #B9E44E

tetradic

#4EB9E4 #C44EE4 #E4794E #6EE44E

square

#4EB9E4 #C44EE4 #E4794E #6EE44E

split-complementary

#4EB9E4 #E44E6E #E4C44E

monochromatic

#18799F #20A1D4 #4EB9E4 #83CEEC #B8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4EB9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4EB9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9E4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9E4	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceec',
    500: '#4eb9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9e4;
$custom-light: #8fceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.41919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9E4

secondary

#E4BBAA

accent

#6D38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9E4

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

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