#4EB4D4#4EB4D4

#4EB4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4D4
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -19.91, -24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 31.92, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0777 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.104 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3420, 39.0124, 68.1530)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4D4 #D46E4E

analogous

#4ED4B1 #4EB4D4 #4E71D4

triadic

#4EB4D4 #D44EB4 #B4D44E

tetradic

#4EB4D4 #B14ED4 #D46E4E #71D44E

square

#4EB4D4 #B14ED4 #D46E4E #71D44E

split-complementary

#4EB4D4 #D44E71 #D4B14E

monochromatic

#216E87 #2D97B8 #4EB4D4 #7FC9E0 #B0DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4EB4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4D4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4D4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae1',
    500: '#4eb4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4d4;
$custom-light: #8dcae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4D4

secondary

#DAB1A4

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4D4

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

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