#4EB1DC#4EB1DC

#4EB1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB1DC
RGB	rgb(78, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -15.85, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 34.12, 242.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0717 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.111 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7772, 38.2280, 73.4003)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB1DC #DC794E

analogous

#4EDCC0 #4EB1DC #4E6ADC

triadic

#4EB1DC #DC4EB1 #B1DC4E

tetradic

#4EB1DC #C04EDC #DC794E #6ADC4E

square

#4EB1DC #C04EDC #DC794E #6ADC4E

split-complementary

#4EB1DC #DC4E6A #DCC04E

monochromatic

#1D6F93 #2796C6 #4EB1DC #81C8E6 #B4DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4EB1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB1DC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB1DC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8e7',
    500: '#4eb1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb1dc;
$custom-light: #8ec8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB1DC

secondary

#DFB8A7

accent

#723EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB1DC

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

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