#4EB4D0#4EB4D0

#4EB4D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4D0
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -21.13, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 31.21, 227.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0793 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.102 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8437, 38.8131, 65.5285)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4D0 #D06A4E

analogous

#4ED0AB #4EB4D0 #4E73D0

triadic

#4EB4D0 #D04EB4 #B4D04E

tetradic

#4EB4D0 #AB4ED0 #D06A4E #73D04E

square

#4EB4D0 #AB4ED0 #D06A4E #73D04E

split-complementary

#4EB4D0 #D04E73 #D0AB4E

monochromatic

#226D81 #2F96B2 #4EB4D0 #7EC8DD #AFDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4EB4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4D0

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4D0	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcade',
    500: '#4eb4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4d0;
$custom-light: #8dcade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72101,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4D0

secondary

#D8AEA2

accent

#6847E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4D0

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

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