#4EB5CC#4EB5CC

#4EB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CC
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -22.84, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 30.72, 221.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0819 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.1 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5604, 39.0239, 63.0368)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CC #CC654E

analogous

#4ECCA4 #4EB5CC #4E76CC

triadic

#4EB5CC #CC4EB5 #B5CC4E

tetradic

#4EB5CC #A44ECC #CC654E #76CC4E

square

#4EB5CC #A44ECC #CC654E #76CC4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CC #CC4E76 #CCA44E

monochromatic

#246C7C #3195AB #4EB5CC #7EC9DA #ADDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4EB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdb',
    500: '#4eb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5cc;
$custom-light: #8ccbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CC

secondary

#D5AAA1

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CC

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

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