#4EB4CB#4EB4CB

#4EB4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4CB
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -22.63, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 30.53, 222.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0812 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.099 215)
XYZ	xyz(30.2382, 38.5709, 62.3397)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4CB #CB654E

analogous

#4ECBA3 #4EB4CB #4E75CB

triadic

#4EB4CB #CB4EB4 #B4CB4E

tetradic

#4EB4CB #A34ECB #CB654E #75CB4E

square

#4EB4CB #A34ECB #CB654E #75CB4E

split-complementary

#4EB4CB #CB4E75 #CBA34E

monochromatic

#246B7B #3294AA #4EB4CB #7DC8D9 #ADDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4EB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4CB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4CB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccada',
    500: '#4eb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4cb;
$custom-light: #8ccada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.38574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4CB

secondary

#D5AAA0

accent

#654ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4CB

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

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