#4EB4C9#4EB4C9

#4EB4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4C9
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -23.23, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 30.32, 220.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.082 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.098 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0014, 38.4762, 61.0926)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4C9 #C9634E

analogous

#4EC9A1 #4EB4C9 #4E77C9

triadic

#4EB4C9 #C94EB4 #B4C94E

tetradic

#4EB4C9 #A14EC9 #C9634E #77C94E

square

#4EB4C9 #A14EC9 #C9634E #77C94E

split-complementary

#4EB4C9 #C94E77 #C9A14E

monochromatic

#256A78 #3393A7 #4EB4C9 #7DC8D7 #ACDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4EB4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4C9

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4C9	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccad9',
    500: '#4eb4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4c9;
$custom-light: #8ccad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4C9

secondary

#D3A89F

accent

#644BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4C9

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

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