#4EBBE5#4EBBE5

#4EBBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBBE5
RGB	rgb(78, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -18.30, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 35.25, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0786 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.115 227)
XYZ	xyz(35.0494, 42.8137, 80.5303)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBBE5 #E5784E

analogous

#4EE5C4 #4EBBE5 #4E6FE5

triadic

#4EBBE5 #E54EBB #BBE54E

tetradic

#4EBBE5 #C44EE5 #E5784E #6FE54E

square

#4EBBE5 #C44EE5 #E5784E #6FE54E

split-complementary

#4EBBE5 #E54E6F #E5C44E

monochromatic

#187BA1 #1FA3D6 #4EBBE5 #83CFED #B9E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4EBBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#4EBBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBBE5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBBE5	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfed',
    500: '#4ebbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebbe5;
$custom-light: #8fcfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBBE5

secondary

#E4BBAA

accent

#460FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBBE5

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

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