#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
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -20.73, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 31.72, 229.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0792 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.104 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4189, 39.3673, 67.5582)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4EB5D3	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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