#4EB4D6#4EB4D6

#4EB4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4D6
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -19.30, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 32.32, 233.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.077 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.106 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5959, 39.1139, 69.4899)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4D6 #D6704E

analogous

#4ED6B4 #4EB4D6 #4E70D6

triadic

#4EB4D6 #D64EB4 #B4D64E

tetradic

#4EB4D6 #B44ED6 #D6704E #70D64E

square

#4EB4D6 #B44ED6 #D6704E #70D64E

split-complementary

#4EB4D6 #D64E70 #D6B44E

monochromatic

#206F8A #2B97BB #4EB4D6 #80C9E2 #B1DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4EB4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4D6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4D6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae2',
    500: '#4eb4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4d6;
$custom-light: #8dcae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4D6

secondary

#DBB2A4

accent

#6B42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4D6

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

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