#4EBAE2#4EBAE2

#4EBAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAE2
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -18.71, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 34.61, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0787 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.113 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.4228, 42.2248, 78.2728)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAE2 #E2764E

analogous

#4EE2C0 #4EBAE2 #4E70E2

triadic

#4EBAE2 #E24EBA #BAE24E

tetradic

#4EBAE2 #C04EE2 #E2764E #70E24E

square

#4EBAE2 #C04EE2 #E2764E #70E24E

split-complementary

#4EBAE2 #E24E70 #E2C04E

monochromatic

#1A799C #22A1D1 #4EBAE2 #83CEEB #B7E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4EBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#4EBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAE2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAE2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceeb',
    500: '#4ebae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebae2;
$custom-light: #8fceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAE2

secondary

#E3B9A9

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAE2

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

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