#4EB2CD#4EB2CD

#4EB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2CD
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -21.00, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 30.69, 226.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0783 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.1 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0773, 37.8652, 63.4694)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2CD #CD694E

analogous

#4ECDA8 #4EB2CD #4E72CD

triadic

#4EB2CD #CD4EB2 #B2CD4E

tetradic

#4EB2CD #A84ECD #CD694E #72CD4E

square

#4EB2CD #A84ECD #CD694E #72CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB2CD #CD4E72 #CDA84E

monochromatic

#236A7D #3193AD #4EB2CD #7EC7DA #ADDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#4EB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2CD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2CD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9dc',
    500: '#4eb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2cd;
$custom-light: #8cc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2CD

secondary

#D6ACA1

accent

#6949DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2CD

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

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