#4EBAE4#4EBAE4

#4EBAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAE4
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -18.09, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 35.11, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.078 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.115 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6988, 42.3352, 79.7266)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAE4 #E4784E

analogous

#4EE4C3 #4EBAE4 #4E6FE4

triadic

#4EBAE4 #E44EBA #BAE44E

tetradic

#4EBAE4 #C34EE4 #E4784E #6FE44E

square

#4EBAE4 #C34EE4 #E4784E #6FE44E

split-complementary

#4EBAE4 #E44E6F #E4C34E

monochromatic

#18799F #20A2D4 #4EBAE4 #83CFEC #B8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4EBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#4EBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAE4

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAE4	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceec',
    500: '#4ebae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebae4;
$custom-light: #8fceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAE4

secondary

#E4BAAA

accent

#6B38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAE4

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

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