#4EB0D5#4EB0D5

#4EB0D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0D5
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -17.51, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 32.37, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0732 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.106 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6727, 37.4713, 68.5541)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0D5 #D5734E

analogous

#4ED5B6 #4EB0D5 #4E6DD5

triadic

#4EB0D5 #D54EB0 #B0D54E

tetradic

#4EB0D5 #B64ED5 #D5734E #6DD54E

square

#4EB0D5 #B64ED5 #D5734E #6DD54E

split-complementary

#4EB0D5 #D54E6D #D5B64E

monochromatic

#206C88 #2C93BA #4EB0D5 #7FC6E1 #B1DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4EB0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#4EB0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0D5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0D5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7e2',
    500: '#4eb0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0d5;
$custom-light: #8dc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0D5

secondary

#DBB3A4

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0D5

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

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