#4EBAE9#4EBAE9

#4EBAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAE9
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -16.52, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 36.47, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0762 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.119 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4029, 42.6169, 83.4351)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAE9 #E97D4E

analogous

#4EE9CB #4EBAE9 #4E6CE9

triadic

#4EBAE9 #E94EBA #BAE94E

tetradic

#4EBAE9 #CB4EE9 #E97D4E #6CE94E

square

#4EBAE9 #CB4EE9 #E97D4E #6CE94E

split-complementary

#4EBAE9 #E94E6C #E9CB4E

monochromatic

#157BA8 #1CA3DE #4EBAE9 #84CFF0 #BBE4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4EBAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#4EBAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAE9

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAE9	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cef0',
    500: '#4ebae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebae9;
$custom-light: #90cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAE9

secondary

#E7BEAC

accent

#4A0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAE9

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

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