#4EB5D3#4EB5D3

#4EB5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4EB5D3
RGBrgb(78, 181, 211)
HSLhsl(194, 60%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 63%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.02, -20.73, -24.00)
CIE-LCHlch(69.02, 31.72, 229.18°)
OKLaboklab(72.46% -0.0792 -0.0668)
OKLCHoklch(72.46% 0.104 220.2)
XYZxyz(31.4189, 39.3673, 67.5582)
Luminance0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4EB5D3 #D36C4E
analogous
#4ED3AF #4EB5D3 #4E73D3
triadic
#4EB5D3 #D34EB5 #B5D34E
tetradic
#4EB5D3 #AF4ED3 #D36C4E #73D34E
square
#4EB5D3 #AF4ED3 #D36C4E #73D34E
split-complementary
#4EB5D3 #D34E73 #D3AF4E
monochromatic
#216F85 #2D98B6 #4EB5D3 #7FC9DF #B0DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#4EB5D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#4EB5D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D3
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4EB5D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4EB5D31.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B0D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A2D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4eb5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 220.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe0',
    500: '#4eb5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4eb5d3;
$custom-light: #8dcbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4eb5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4EB5D3
secondary
#DAAFA3
accent
#6844E3
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D3

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#4EB5D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva