#4EB2DA#4EB2DA

#4EB2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2DA
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -17.01, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 33.44, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0734 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.109 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7122, 38.5191, 72.0797)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2DA #DA764E

analogous

#4EDABC #4EB2DA #4E6CDA

triadic

#4EB2DA #DA4EB2 #B2DA4E

tetradic

#4EB2DA #BC4EDA #DA764E #6CDA4E

square

#4EB2DA #BC4EDA #DA764E #6CDA4E

split-complementary

#4EB2DA #DA4E6C #DABC4E

monochromatic

#1E6F90 #2996C2 #4EB2DA #81C8E5 #B3DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4EB2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2DA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2DA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e5',
    500: '#4eb2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2da;
$custom-light: #8ec9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2DA

secondary

#DEB6A6

accent

#703FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2DA

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

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