#4EB5CF#4EB5CF

#4EB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.101 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5CF
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -21.94, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 31.09, 225.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0807 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.101 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9237, 39.1692, 64.9501)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5CF #CF684E

analogous

#4ECFA8 #4EB5CF #4E74CF

triadic

#4EB5CF #CF4EB5 #B5CF4E

tetradic

#4EB5CF #A84ECF #CF684E #74CF4E

square

#4EB5CF #A84ECF #CF684E #74CF4E

split-complementary

#4EB5CF #CF4E74 #CFA84E

monochromatic

#236D80 #3096B0 #4EB5CF #7EC9DC #AEDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4EB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5CF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5CF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.101 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbdd',
    500: '#4eb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5cf;
$custom-light: #8dcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.093,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5CF

secondary

#D7ACA2

accent

#6647E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5CF

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

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