#4EB5D0#4EB5D0

#4EB5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB5D0
RGBrgb(78, 181, 208)
HSLhsl(192, 58%, 56%)
HSVhsv(192, 63%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(62.5%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.91, -21.64, -22.52)
CIE-LCHlch(68.91, 31.23, 226.14°)
OKLaboklab(72.34% -0.0803 -0.0626)
OKLCHoklch(72.34% 0.102 217.9)
XYZxyz(31.0463, 39.2183, 65.5960)
Luminance0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB5D0 #D0694E
analogous
#4ED0AA #4EB5D0 #4E74D0
triadic
#4EB5D0 #D04EB5 #B5D04E
tetradic
#4EB5D0 #AA4ED0 #D0694E #74D04E
square
#4EB5D0 #AA4ED0 #D0694E #74D04E
split-complementary
#4EB5D0 #D04E74 #D0AA4E
monochromatic
#226E81 #2F97B2 #4EB5D0 #7EC9DD #AFDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#4EB5D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#4EB5D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D0
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB5D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB5D01.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B0D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A2D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 217.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbde',
    500: '#4eb5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb5d0;
$custom-light: #8dcbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.462,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB5D0
secondary
#D8ADA2
accent
#6747E1
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D0

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#4EB5D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva