#4EBCE6#4EBCE6

#4EBCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCE6
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -18.50, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 35.39, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0792 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.116 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4023, 43.2955, 81.3387)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCE6 #E6784E

analogous

#4EE6C4 #4EBCE6 #4E70E6

triadic

#4EBCE6 #E64EBC #BCE64E

tetradic

#4EBCE6 #C44EE6 #E6784E #70E64E

square

#4EBCE6 #C44EE6 #E6784E #70E64E

split-complementary

#4EBCE6 #E64E70 #E6C44E

monochromatic

#177CA3 #1FA5D8 #4EBCE6 #84D0EE #B9E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4EBCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#4EBCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCE6

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCE6	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0ee',
    500: '#4ebce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebce6;
$custom-light: #90d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCE6

secondary

#E5BBAB

accent

#460ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCE6

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

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