#4EB2D7#4EB2D7

#4EB2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2D7
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -17.94, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 32.68, 236.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0745 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.107 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3231, 38.3635, 70.0309)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2D7 #D7734E

analogous

#4ED7B7 #4EB2D7 #4E6ED7

triadic

#4EB2D7 #D74EB2 #B2D74E

tetradic

#4EB2D7 #B74ED7 #D7734E #6ED74E

square

#4EB2D7 #B74ED7 #D7734E #6ED74E

split-complementary

#4EB2D7 #D74E6E #D7B74E

monochromatic

#1F6E8B #2B96BD #4EB2D7 #80C8E2 #B2DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4EB2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2D7

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2D7	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e3',
    500: '#4eb2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2d7;
$custom-light: #8dc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71923,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2D7

secondary

#DCB4A5

accent

#6E42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2D7

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

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