#4EBCE3#4EBCE3

#4EBCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCE3
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -19.44, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 34.67, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0803 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.114 225)
XYZ	xyz(34.9847, 43.1284, 79.1390)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCE3 #E3754E

analogous

#4EE3C0 #4EBCE3 #4E71E3

triadic

#4EBCE3 #E34EBC #BCE34E

tetradic

#4EBCE3 #C04EE3 #E3754E #71E34E

square

#4EBCE3 #C04EE3 #E3754E #71E34E

split-complementary

#4EBCE3 #E34E71 #E3C04E

monochromatic

#197B9E #21A4D3 #4EBCE3 #83D0EB #B8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4EBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#4EBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCE3

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCE3	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ec',
    500: '#4ebce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebce3;
$custom-light: #8fd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74754,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.43132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCE3

secondary

#E3B9AA

accent

#6838EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCE3

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

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