#4EB5CB#4EB5CB

#4EB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CB
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -23.14, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 30.61, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0823 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.099 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4408, 38.9761, 62.4072)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CB #CB644E

analogous

#4ECBA2 #4EB5CB #4E76CB

triadic

#4EB5CB #CB4EB5 #B5CB4E

tetradic

#4EB5CB #A24ECB #CB644E #76CB4E

square

#4EB5CB #A24ECB #CB644E #76CB4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CB #CB4E76 #CBA24E

monochromatic

#246B7B #3295AA #4EB5CB #7DC9D9 #ADDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4EB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbda',
    500: '#4eb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5cb;
$custom-light: #8ccbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.56,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CB

secondary

#D5A9A0

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CB

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

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