#4EB0D8#4EB0D8

#4EB0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0D8
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -16.58, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 33.15, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0721 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.108 228)
XYZ	xyz(31.0570, 37.6250, 70.5780)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0D8 #D8764E

analogous

#4ED8BB #4EB0D8 #4E6BD8

triadic

#4EB0D8 #D84EB0 #B0D84E

tetradic

#4EB0D8 #BB4ED8 #D8764E #6BD84E

square

#4EB0D8 #BB4ED8 #D8764E #6BD84E

split-complementary

#4EB0D8 #D84E6B #D8BB4E

monochromatic

#1F6D8D #2A94BF #4EB0D8 #80C6E3 #B2DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4EB0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0D8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0D8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7e4',
    500: '#4eb0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0d8;
$custom-light: #8dc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.37628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0D8

secondary

#DDB5A5

accent

#7141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0D8

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

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