#4EBCE5#4EBCE5

#4EBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCE5
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -18.82, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 35.15, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0796 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.115 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2623, 43.2395, 80.6012)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCE5 #E5774E

analogous

#4EE5C2 #4EBCE5 #4E71E5

triadic

#4EBCE5 #E54EBC #BCE54E

tetradic

#4EBCE5 #C24EE5 #E5774E #71E54E

square

#4EBCE5 #C24EE5 #E5774E #71E54E

split-complementary

#4EBCE5 #E54E71 #E5C24E

monochromatic

#187CA1 #1FA5D6 #4EBCE5 #83D0ED #B9E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#4EBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#4EBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCE5

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCE5	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ed',
    500: '#4ebce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebce5;
$custom-light: #8fd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCE5

secondary

#E4BAAA

accent

#450FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCE5

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

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