#4EB3D4#4EB3D4

#4EB3D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3D4
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -19.39, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 31.95, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0767 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.104 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1409, 38.6101, 68.0859)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3D4 #D46F4E

analogous

#4ED4B2 #4EB3D4 #4E70D4

triadic

#4EB3D4 #D44EB3 #B3D44E

tetradic

#4EB3D4 #B24ED4 #D46F4E #70D44E

square

#4EB3D4 #B24ED4 #D46F4E #70D44E

split-complementary

#4EB3D4 #D44E70 #D4B24E

monochromatic

#216E87 #2D96B8 #4EB3D4 #7FC8E0 #B0DDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB3D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4EB3D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3D4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3D4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e1',
    500: '#4eb3d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3d4;
$custom-light: #8dc9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.776,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3D4

secondary

#DAB1A4

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3D4

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

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