#4EBCE4#4EBCE4

#4EBCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCE4
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -19.13, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 34.91, 236.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.08 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.114 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1231, 43.1838, 79.8680)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCE4 #E4764E

analogous

#4EE4C1 #4EBCE4 #4E71E4

triadic

#4EBCE4 #E44EBC #BCE44E

tetradic

#4EBCE4 #C14EE4 #E4764E #71E44E

square

#4EBCE4 #C14EE4 #E4764E #71E44E

split-complementary

#4EBCE4 #E44E71 #E4C14E

monochromatic

#187B9F #20A4D4 #4EBCE4 #83D0EC #B8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4EBCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#4EBCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCE4

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCE4	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ec',
    500: '#4ebce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebce4;
$custom-light: #8fd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74796,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCE4

secondary

#E4B9AA

accent

#6938F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCE4

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

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