#4EB5D2#4EB5D2

#4EB5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5D2
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -21.04, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 31.55, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0795 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.103 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2939, 39.3173, 66.9001)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5D2 #D26B4E

analogous

#4ED2AD #4EB5D2 #4E73D2

triadic

#4EB5D2 #D24EB5 #B5D24E

tetradic

#4EB5D2 #AD4ED2 #D26B4E #73D24E

square

#4EB5D2 #AD4ED2 #D26B4E #73D24E

split-complementary

#4EB5D2 #D24E73 #D2AD4E

monochromatic

#226E84 #2E97B5 #4EB5D2 #7FC9DE #B0DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4EB5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5D2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbdf',
    500: '#4eb5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5d2;
$custom-light: #8dcbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5D2

secondary

#D9AFA3

accent

#6845E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D2

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

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