#4EB9E6#4EB9E6

#4EB9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9E6
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -16.94, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 35.77, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0762 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.117 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7681, 42.0271, 81.1273)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9E6 #E67B4E

analogous

#4EE6C7 #4EB9E6 #4E6DE6

triadic

#4EB9E6 #E64EB9 #B9E64E

tetradic

#4EB9E6 #C74EE6 #E67B4E #6DE64E

square

#4EB9E6 #C74EE6 #E67B4E #6DE64E

split-complementary

#4EB9E6 #E64E6D #E6C74E

monochromatic

#1779A3 #1FA1D8 #4EB9E6 #84CEEE #B9E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4EB9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#4EB9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9E6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9E6	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceee',
    500: '#4eb9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9e6;
$custom-light: #8fceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9E6

secondary

#E5BCAB

accent

#4A0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9E6

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

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