#4EB5CE#4EB5CE

#4EB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.101 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CE
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -22.24, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 30.96, 224.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0811 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.101 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8018, 39.1205, 64.3083)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CE #CE674E

analogous

#4ECEA7 #4EB5CE #4E75CE

triadic

#4EB5CE #CE4EB5 #B5CE4E

tetradic

#4EB5CE #A74ECE #CE674E #75CE4E

square

#4EB5CE #A74ECE #CE674E #75CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CE #CE4E75 #CEA74E

monochromatic

#236D7F #3096AE #4EB5CE #7EC9DB #AEDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4EB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CE	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)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.101 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdd',
    500: '#4eb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5ce;
$custom-light: #8ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72256,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CE

secondary

#D7ACA1

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CE

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

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