#4EB4DD#4EB4DD

#4EB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DD
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -17.13, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 33.99, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0744 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.111 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5091, 39.4792, 74.2996)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DD #DD774E

analogous

#4EDDBF #4EB4DD #4E6CDD

triadic

#4EB4DD #DD4EB4 #B4DD4E

tetradic

#4EB4DD #BF4EDD #DD774E #6CDD4E

square

#4EB4DD #BF4EDD #DD774E #6CDD4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DD #DD4E6C #DDBF4E

monochromatic

#1C7294 #2699C7 #4EB4DD #81CAE7 #B5E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4EB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4eb4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4dd;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72645,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DD

secondary

#E0B7A7

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DD

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

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