#4EB4DF#4EB4DF

#4EB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4DF
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -16.50, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.53, 241.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0737 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.112 229)
XYZ	xyz(32.7772, 39.5865, 75.7113)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4DF #DF794E

analogous

#4EDFC2 #4EB4DF #4E6CDF

triadic

#4EB4DF #DF4EB4 #B4DF4E

tetradic

#4EB4DF #C24EDF #DF794E #6CDF4E

square

#4EB4DF #C24EDF #DF794E #6CDF4E

split-complementary

#4EB4DF #DF4E6C #DFC24E

monochromatic

#1B7397 #259ACB #4EB4DF #82CAE8 #B6E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4EB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4DF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4DF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae9',
    500: '#4eb4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4df;
$custom-light: #8ecae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.3959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4DF

secondary

#E1B9A8

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4DF

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

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