#4EB9E7#4EB9E7

#4EB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9E7
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -16.62, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 36.05, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0759 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.117 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9089, 42.0834, 81.8690)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9E7 #E77C4E

analogous

#4EE7C8 #4EB9E7 #4E6CE7

triadic

#4EB9E7 #E74EB9 #B9E74E

tetradic

#4EB9E7 #C84EE7 #E77C4E #6CE74E

square

#4EB9E7 #C84EE7 #E77C4E #6CE74E

split-complementary

#4EB9E7 #E74E6C #E7C84E

monochromatic

#167AA4 #1EA2DA #4EB9E7 #84CEEE #BAE4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4EB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#4EB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9E7

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9E7	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ceee',
    500: '#4eb9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9e7;
$custom-light: #90ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9E7

secondary

#E5BDAB

accent

#4A0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9E7

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

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