#4EB3DF#4EB3DF

#4EB3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3DF
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -15.97, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.68, 242.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0727 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5760, 39.1842, 75.6442)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3DF #DF7A4E

analogous

#4EDFC3 #4EB3DF #4E6BDF

triadic

#4EB3DF #DF4EB3 #B3DF4E

tetradic

#4EB3DF #C34EDF #DF7A4E #6BDF4E

square

#4EB3DF #C34EDF #DF7A4E #6BDF4E

split-complementary

#4EB3DF #DF4E6B #DFC34E

monochromatic

#1B7297 #2599CB #4EB3DF #82C9E8 #B6E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4EB3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3DF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3DF	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e9',
    500: '#4eb3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3df;
$custom-light: #8ec9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72501,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3DF

secondary

#E1B9A8

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3DF

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

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