#4EB3DC#4EB3DC

#4EB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3DC
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -16.91, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 33.85, 240.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0737 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.11 228)
XYZ	xyz(32.1751, 39.0238, 73.5329)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3DC #DC774E

analogous

#4EDCBE #4EB3DC #4E6CDC

triadic

#4EB3DC #DC4EB3 #B3DC4E

tetradic

#4EB3DC #BE4EDC #DC774E #6CDC4E

square

#4EB3DC #BE4EDC #DC774E #6CDC4E

split-complementary

#4EB3DC #DC4E6C #DCBE4E

monochromatic

#1D7193 #2798C6 #4EB3DC #81C9E6 #B4DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4EB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3DC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3DC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e7',
    500: '#4eb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3dc;
$custom-light: #8ec9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.39027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3DC

secondary

#DFB7A7

accent

#703EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3DC

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

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