#4EB4DB#4EB4DB

#4EB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DB
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -17.75, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 33.48, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0751 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.109 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2442, 39.3733, 72.9046)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DB #DB754E

analogous

#4EDBBC #4EB4DB #4E6DDB

triadic

#4EB4DB #DB4EB4 #B4DB4E

tetradic

#4EB4DB #BC4EDB #DB754E #6DDB4E

square

#4EB4DB #BC4EDB #DB754E #6DDB4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DB #DB4E6D #DBBC4E

monochromatic

#1E7191 #2899C4 #4EB4DB #81CAE5 #B4DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4EB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae6',
    500: '#4eb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4db;
$custom-light: #8ecae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DB

secondary

#DEB6A6

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DB

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

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