#4EB2D9#4EB2D9

#4EB2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2D9
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -17.32, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 33.18, 238.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0738 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.108 227)
XYZ	xyz(31.5817, 38.4669, 71.3927)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2D9 #D9754E

analogous

#4ED9BB #4EB2D9 #4E6CD9

triadic

#4EB2D9 #D94EB2 #B2D94E

tetradic

#4EB2D9 #BB4ED9 #D9754E #6CD94E

square

#4EB2D9 #BB4ED9 #D9754E #6CD94E

split-complementary

#4EB2D9 #D94E6C #D9BB4E

monochromatic

#1F6F8E #2996C0 #4EB2D9 #80C8E4 #B3DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4EB2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2D9

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2D9	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e4',
    500: '#4eb2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2d9;
$custom-light: #8dc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.3847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2D9

secondary

#DDB5A6

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2D9

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

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