#4EBAE5#4EBAE5

#4EBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAE5
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -17.77, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 35.37, 239.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0776 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.115 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8380, 42.3909, 80.4598)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAE5 #E5794E

analogous

#4EE5C4 #4EBAE5 #4E6FE5

triadic

#4EBAE5 #E54EBA #BAE54E

tetradic

#4EBAE5 #C44EE5 #E5794E #6FE54E

square

#4EBAE5 #C44EE5 #E5794E #6FE54E

split-complementary

#4EBAE5 #E54E6F #E5C44E

monochromatic

#187AA1 #1FA2D6 #4EBAE5 #83CFED #B9E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4EBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#4EBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAE5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAE5	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceed',
    500: '#4ebae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebae5;
$custom-light: #8fceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.086,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAE5

secondary

#E4BBAA

accent

#480FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAE5

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

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