#4EBAE6#4EBAE6

#4EBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAE6
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -17.46, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 35.63, 240.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0772 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.116 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9780, 42.4469, 81.1972)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAE6 #E67A4E

analogous

#4EE6C6 #4EBAE6 #4E6EE6

triadic

#4EBAE6 #E64EBA #BAE64E

tetradic

#4EBAE6 #C64EE6 #E67A4E #6EE64E

square

#4EBAE6 #C64EE6 #E67A4E #6EE64E

split-complementary

#4EBAE6 #E64E6E #E6C64E

monochromatic

#177AA3 #1FA2D8 #4EBAE6 #84CFEE #B9E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4EBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#4EBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAE6

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAE6	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceee',
    500: '#4ebae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebae6;
$custom-light: #8fceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAE6

secondary

#E5BCAB

accent

#480ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAE6

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

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