#4EB3CC#4EB3CC

#4EB3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3CC
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -21.82, -21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 30.59, 224.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0798 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.1 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1566, 38.2164, 62.9023)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3CC #CC674E

analogous

#4ECCA6 #4EB3CC #4E74CC

triadic

#4EB3CC #CC4EB3 #B3CC4E

tetradic

#4EB3CC #A64ECC #CC674E #74CC4E

square

#4EB3CC #A64ECC #CC674E #74CC4E

split-complementary

#4EB3CC #CC4E74 #CCA64E

monochromatic

#246A7C #3193AB #4EB3CC #7EC7DA #ADDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4EB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3CC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3CC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadb',
    500: '#4eb3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3cc;
$custom-light: #8ccadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.905,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3CC

secondary

#D5ABA1

accent

#6749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3CC

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

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