#4EB0DD#4EB0DD

#4EB0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0DD
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -15.01, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 34.57, 244.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0703 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.112 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7132, 37.8875, 74.0343)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0DD #DD7B4E

analogous

#4EDDC2 #4EB0DD #4E68DD

triadic

#4EB0DD #DD4EB0 #B0DD4E

tetradic

#4EB0DD #C24EDD #DD7B4E #68DD4E

square

#4EB0DD #C24EDD #DD7B4E #68DD4E

split-complementary

#4EB0DD #DD4E68 #DDC24E

monochromatic

#1C6E94 #2695C7 #4EB0DD #81C7E7 #B5DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#4EB0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0DD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0DD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7e7',
    500: '#4eb0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0dd;
$custom-light: #8ec7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0DD

secondary

#E0B9A7

accent

#743DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0DD

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

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