#4EB4DA#4EB4DA

#4EB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DA
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -18.06, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 33.23, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0755 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.108 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1130, 39.3208, 72.2134)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DA #DA744E

analogous

#4EDABA #4EB4DA #4E6EDA

triadic

#4EB4DA #DA4EB4 #B4DA4E

tetradic

#4EB4DA #BA4EDA #DA744E #6EDA4E

square

#4EB4DA #BA4EDA #DA744E #6EDA4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DA #DA4E6E #DABA4E

monochromatic

#1E7190 #2999C2 #4EB4DA #81C9E5 #B3DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4EB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae5',
    500: '#4eb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4da;
$custom-light: #8ecae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DA

secondary

#DEB5A6

accent

#6D3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DA

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

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