#4EB3D7#4EB3D7

#4EB3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3D7
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -18.47, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 32.60, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0756 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.106 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5228, 38.7629, 70.0975)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3D7 #D7724E

analogous

#4ED7B6 #4EB3D7 #4E6FD7

triadic

#4EB3D7 #D74EB3 #B3D74E

tetradic

#4EB3D7 #B64ED7 #D7724E #6FD74E

square

#4EB3D7 #B64ED7 #D7724E #6FD74E

split-complementary

#4EB3D7 #D74E6F #D7B64E

monochromatic

#1F6F8B #2B97BD #4EB3D7 #80C8E2 #B2DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4EB3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3D7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3D7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e3',
    500: '#4eb3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3d7;
$custom-light: #8dc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3D7

secondary

#DCB3A5

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3D7

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

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