#4EB3D6#4EB3D6

#4EB3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3D6
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -18.78, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.38, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0759 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.106 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3947, 38.7117, 69.4229)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3D6 #D6714E

analogous

#4ED6B5 #4EB3D6 #4E6FD6

triadic

#4EB3D6 #D64EB3 #B3D64E

tetradic

#4EB3D6 #B54ED6 #D6714E #6FD64E

square

#4EB3D6 #B54ED6 #D6714E #6FD64E

split-complementary

#4EB3D6 #D64E6F #D6B54E

monochromatic

#206E8A #2B96BB #4EB3D6 #80C8E2 #B1DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4EB3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3D6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3D6	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e2',
    500: '#4eb3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3d6;
$custom-light: #8dc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72114,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3D6

secondary

#DBB3A4

accent

#6C42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3D6

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

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