#4EB5CD#4EB5CD

#4EB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CD
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -22.54, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 30.83, 223.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0815 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.1 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6807, 39.0720, 63.6705)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CD #CD664E

analogous

#4ECDA6 #4EB5CD #4E75CD

triadic

#4EB5CD #CD4EB5 #B5CD4E

tetradic

#4EB5CD #A64ECD #CD664E #75CD4E

square

#4EB5CD #A64ECD #CD664E #75CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CD #CD4E75 #CDA64E

monochromatic

#236C7D #3195AD #4EB5CD #7EC9DA #ADDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4EB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdc',
    500: '#4eb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5cd;
$custom-light: #8ccbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72216,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CD

secondary

#D6ABA1

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CD

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

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