#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
RGBrgb(78, 178, 217)
HSLhsl(197, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(197, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.36, -17.32, -28.30)
CIE-LCHlch(68.36, 33.18, 238.53°)
OKLaboklab(72.01% -0.0738 -0.079)
OKLCHoklch(72.01% 0.108 227)
XYZxyz(31.5817, 38.4669, 71.3927)
Luminance0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4EB2D91.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

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

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#4EB2D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva