#4EBCE9#4EBCE9

#4EBCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCE9
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -17.57, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 36.17, 240.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0782 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.118 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8272, 43.4654, 83.5765)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCE9 #E97B4E

analogous

#4EE9C8 #4EBCE9 #4E6EE9

triadic

#4EBCE9 #E94EBC #BCE94E

tetradic

#4EBCE9 #C84EE9 #E97B4E #6EE94E

square

#4EBCE9 #C84EE9 #E97B4E #6EE94E

split-complementary

#4EBCE9 #E94E6E #E9C84E

monochromatic

#157DA8 #1CA6DE #4EBCE9 #84D1F0 #BBE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4EBCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#4EBCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCE9

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCE9	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0f0',
    500: '#4ebce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebce9;
$custom-light: #90d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75011,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCE9

secondary

#E7BDAC

accent

#470BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCE9

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

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