#4EB4DE#4EB4DE

#4EB4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DE
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -16.81, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 34.26, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.074 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.112 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6427, 39.5327, 75.0033)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DE #DE784E

analogous

#4EDEC0 #4EB4DE #4E6CDE

triadic

#4EB4DE #DE4EB4 #B4DE4E

tetradic

#4EB4DE #C04EDE #DE784E #6CDE4E

square

#4EB4DE #C04EDE #DE784E #6CDE4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DE #DE4E6C #DEC04E

monochromatic

#1C7296 #269AC9 #4EB4DE #82CAE8 #B5E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4EB4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae8',
    500: '#4eb4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4de;
$custom-light: #8ecae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DE

secondary

#E0B8A8

accent

#6F3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DE

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

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