#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
RGBrgb(78, 179, 215)
HSLhsl(196, 63%, 57%)
HSVhsv(196, 64%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.58, -18.47, -26.87)
CIE-LCHlch(68.58, 32.60, 235.50°)
OKLaboklab(72.16% -0.0756 -0.075)
OKLCHoklch(72.16% 0.106 224.8)
XYZxyz(31.5228, 38.7629, 70.0975)
Luminance0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4EB3D71.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

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

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#4EB3D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva