#4EB1DD#4EB1DD

#4EB1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB1DD
RGB	rgb(78, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -15.54, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 34.41, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0713 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.112 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9100, 38.2811, 74.0999)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB1DD #DD7A4E

analogous

#4EDDC2 #4EB1DD #4E69DD

triadic

#4EB1DD #DD4EB1 #B1DD4E

tetradic

#4EB1DD #C24EDD #DD7A4E #69DD4E

square

#4EB1DD #C24EDD #DD7A4E #69DD4E

split-complementary

#4EB1DD #DD4E69 #DDC24E

monochromatic

#1C6F94 #2696C7 #4EB1DD #81C8E7 #B5DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4EB1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB1DD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB1DD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8e7',
    500: '#4eb1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb1dd;
$custom-light: #8ec8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71951,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB1DD

secondary

#E0B9A7

accent

#733DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB1DD

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

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