#4EB3CA#4EB3CA

#4EB3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3CA
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -22.42, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 30.34, 222.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0805 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.099 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9183, 38.1211, 61.6471)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3CA #CA654E

analogous

#4ECAA3 #4EB3CA #4E75CA

triadic

#4EB3CA #CA4EB3 #B3CA4E

tetradic

#4EB3CA #A34ECA #CA654E #75CA4E

square

#4EB3CA #A34ECA #CA654E #75CA4E

split-complementary

#4EB3CA #CA4E75 #CAA34E

monochromatic

#246A79 #3293A8 #4EB3CA #7DC7D8 #ACDBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4EB3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3CA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3CA	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccada',
    500: '#4eb3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3ca;
$custom-light: #8ccada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71625,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3CA

secondary

#D4A9A0

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3CA

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

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