#4EB4CC#4EB4CC

#4EB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4CC
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -22.33, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 30.64, 223.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0808 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.1 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3578, 38.6187, 62.9693)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4CC #CC664E

analogous

#4ECCA5 #4EB4CC #4E75CC

triadic

#4EB4CC #CC4EB4 #B4CC4E

tetradic

#4EB4CC #A54ECC #CC664E #75CC4E

square

#4EB4CC #A54ECC #CC664E #75CC4E

split-complementary

#4EB4CC #CC4E75 #CCA54E

monochromatic

#246B7C #3194AB #4EB4CC #7EC8DA #ADDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4EB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4CC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4CC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadb',
    500: '#4eb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4cc;
$custom-light: #8ccadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7194,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4CC

secondary

#D5ABA1

accent

#6649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4CC

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

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