#4EB4DC#4EB4DC

#4EB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DC
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -17.44, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 33.73, 238.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0748 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.11 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3763, 39.4261, 73.6000)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DC #DC764E

analogous

#4EDCBD #4EB4DC #4E6DDC

triadic

#4EB4DC #DC4EB4 #B4DC4E

tetradic

#4EB4DC #BD4EDC #DC764E #6DDC4E

square

#4EB4DC #BD4EDC #DC764E #6DDC4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DC #DC4E6D #DCBD4E

monochromatic

#1D7193 #2799C6 #4EB4DC #81CAE6 #B4DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4EB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4eb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4dc;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DC

secondary

#DFB7A7

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DC

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

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