#4EB0DE#4EB0DE

#4EB0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0DE
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -14.69, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 34.88, 245.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.07 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.113 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8469, 37.9409, 74.7380)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0DE #DE7C4E

analogous

#4EDEC4 #4EB0DE #4E68DE

triadic

#4EB0DE #DE4EB0 #B0DE4E

tetradic

#4EB0DE #C44EDE #DE7C4E #68DE4E

square

#4EB0DE #C44EDE #DE7C4E #68DE4E

split-complementary

#4EB0DE #DE4E68 #DEC44E

monochromatic

#1C6F96 #2695C9 #4EB0DE #82C7E8 #B5DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4EB0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0DE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0DE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7e8',
    500: '#4eb0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0de;
$custom-light: #8ec7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0DE

secondary

#E0BAA8

accent

#743CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0DE

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

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