#4EB4CD#4EB4CD

#4EB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4CD
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -22.03, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 30.77, 224.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0804 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.1 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4781, 38.6668, 63.6030)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4CD #CD674E

analogous

#4ECDA6 #4EB4CD #4E74CD

triadic

#4EB4CD #CD4EB4 #B4CD4E

tetradic

#4EB4CD #A64ECD #CD674E #74CD4E

square

#4EB4CD #A64ECD #CD674E #74CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB4CD #CD4E74 #CDA64E

monochromatic

#236C7D #3195AD #4EB4CD #7EC8DA #ADDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4EB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4CD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadc',
    500: '#4eb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4cd;
$custom-light: #8ccadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4CD

secondary

#D6ABA1

accent

#6649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4CD

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

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