#4EB3DA#4EB3DA

#4EB3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3DA
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -17.54, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.33, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0745 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.109 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9118, 38.9185, 72.1463)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3DA #DA754E

analogous

#4EDABB #4EB3DA #4E6DDA

triadic

#4EB3DA #DA4EB3 #B3DA4E

tetradic

#4EB3DA #BB4EDA #DA754E #6DDA4E

square

#4EB3DA #BB4EDA #DA754E #6DDA4E

split-complementary

#4EB3DA #DA4E6D #DABB4E

monochromatic

#1E7090 #2997C2 #4EB3DA #81C9E5 #B3DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4EB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3DA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3DA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e5',
    500: '#4eb3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3da;
$custom-light: #8ec9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3DA

secondary

#DEB6A6

accent

#6E3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3DA

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

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