#4EB4CF#4EB4CF

#4EB4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4CF
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -21.43, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 31.05, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0796 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.101 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7211, 38.7640, 64.8826)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4CF #CF694E

analogous

#4ECFA9 #4EB4CF #4E73CF

triadic

#4EB4CF #CF4EB4 #B4CF4E

tetradic

#4EB4CF #A94ECF #CF694E #73CF4E

square

#4EB4CF #A94ECF #CF694E #73CF4E

split-complementary

#4EB4CF #CF4E73 #CFA94E

monochromatic

#236C80 #3095B0 #4EB4CF #7EC8DC #AEDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4EB4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4CF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4CF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadd',
    500: '#4eb4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4cf;
$custom-light: #8ccadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4CF

secondary

#D7ADA2

accent

#6747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4CF

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

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