#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
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -21.64, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 31.23, 226.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0803 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.102 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0463, 39.2183, 65.5960)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4EB5D0	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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