#4EB4CE#4EB4CE

#4EB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4CE
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -21.73, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 30.91, 225.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.08 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.101 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5992, 38.7153, 64.2407)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4CE #CE684E

analogous

#4ECEA8 #4EB4CE #4E74CE

triadic

#4EB4CE #CE4EB4 #B4CE4E

tetradic

#4EB4CE #A84ECE #CE684E #74CE4E

square

#4EB4CE #A84ECE #CE684E #74CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB4CE #CE4E74 #CEA84E

monochromatic

#236C7F #3095AE #4EB4CE #7EC8DB #AEDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4EB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4CE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4CE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadd',
    500: '#4eb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ce;
$custom-light: #8ccadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.188,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4CE

secondary

#D7ACA1

accent

#6748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4CE

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

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