#4EB0C8#4EB0C8

#4EB0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0C8
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -21.48, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 29.89, 224.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0781 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.097 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0883, 36.8375, 60.2098)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0C8 #C8664E

analogous

#4EC8A3 #4EB0C8 #4E73C8

triadic

#4EB0C8 #C84EB0 #B0C84E

tetradic

#4EB0C8 #A34EC8 #C8664E #73C84E

square

#4EB0C8 #A34EC8 #C8664E #73C84E

split-complementary

#4EB0C8 #C84E73 #C8A34E

monochromatic

#256777 #338FA5 #4EB0C8 #7DC5D7 #ABDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4EB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4EB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0C8

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0C8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7d8',
    500: '#4eb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0c8;
$custom-light: #8bc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0C8

secondary

#D3A99F

accent

#684CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0C8

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

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