#4EB3DE#4EB3DE

#4EB3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3DE
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -16.29, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.39, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.073 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.112 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4416, 39.1304, 74.9363)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3DE #DE794E

analogous

#4EDEC1 #4EB3DE #4E6BDE

triadic

#4EB3DE #DE4EB3 #B3DE4E

tetradic

#4EB3DE #C14EDE #DE794E #6BDE4E

square

#4EB3DE #C14EDE #DE794E #6BDE4E

split-complementary

#4EB3DE #DE4E6B #DEC14E

monochromatic

#1C7196 #2698C9 #4EB3DE #82C9E8 #B5DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4EB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3DE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3DE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e8',
    500: '#4eb3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3de;
$custom-light: #8ec9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3DE

secondary

#E0B8A8

accent

#713CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3DE

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

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