#4EB3C8#4EB3C8

#4EB3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3C8
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -23.01, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 30.13, 220.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0813 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.098 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6831, 38.0270, 60.4080)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3C8 #C8634E

analogous

#4EC8A0 #4EB3C8 #4E76C8

triadic

#4EB3C8 #C84EB3 #B3C84E

tetradic

#4EB3C8 #A04EC8 #C8634E #76C84E

square

#4EB3C8 #A04EC8 #C8634E #76C84E

split-complementary

#4EB3C8 #C84E76 #C8A04E

monochromatic

#256977 #3392A5 #4EB3C8 #7DC7D7 #ABDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4EB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#4EB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3C8

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3C8	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccad8',
    500: '#4eb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3c8;
$custom-light: #8ccad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.328,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3C8

secondary

#D3A89F

accent

#654CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3C8

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

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