#4EB2DC#4EB2DC

#4EB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2DC
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -16.38, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 33.98, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0727 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.111 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9754, 38.6244, 73.4664)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2DC #DC784E

analogous

#4EDCBF #4EB2DC #4E6BDC

triadic

#4EB2DC #DC4EB2 #B2DC4E

tetradic

#4EB2DC #BF4EDC #DC784E #6BDC4E

square

#4EB2DC #BF4EDC #DC784E #6BDC4E

split-complementary

#4EB2DC #DC4E6B #DCBF4E

monochromatic

#1D7093 #2797C6 #4EB2DC #81C8E6 #B4DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4EB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2DC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2DC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e7',
    500: '#4eb2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2dc;
$custom-light: #8ec9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2DC

secondary

#DFB7A7

accent

#713EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2DC

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

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