#4EB4D8#4EB4D8

#4EB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4D8
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -18.68, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 32.76, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0762 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.107 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8529, 39.2167, 70.8433)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4D8 #D8724E

analogous

#4ED8B7 #4EB4D8 #4E6FD8

triadic

#4EB4D8 #D84EB4 #B4D84E

tetradic

#4EB4D8 #B74ED8 #D8724E #6FD84E

square

#4EB4D8 #B74ED8 #D8724E #6FD84E

split-complementary

#4EB4D8 #D84E6F #D8B74E

monochromatic

#1F708D #2A98BF #4EB4D8 #80C9E3 #B2DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4EB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4D8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4D8	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae4',
    500: '#4eb4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4d8;
$custom-light: #8dcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4D8

secondary

#DDB4A5

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4D8

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

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