#4EB2C8#4EB2C8

#4EB2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.097 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2C8
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -22.50, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 30.03, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0803 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.097 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4834, 37.6276, 60.3414)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2C8 #C8644E

analogous

#4EC8A1 #4EB2C8 #4E75C8

triadic

#4EB2C8 #C84EB2 #B2C84E

tetradic

#4EB2C8 #A14EC8 #C8644E #75C84E

square

#4EB2C8 #A14EC8 #C8644E #75C84E

split-complementary

#4EB2C8 #C84E75 #C8A14E

monochromatic

#256877 #3391A5 #4EB2C8 #7DC6D7 #ABDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4EB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2C8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2C8	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)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.097 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9d8',
    500: '#4eb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2c8;
$custom-light: #8cc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2C8

secondary

#D3A89F

accent

#664CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2C8

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

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