#4EB5D5#4EB5D5

#4EB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5D5
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -20.12, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 32.08, 231.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0784 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.105 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6712, 39.4682, 68.8869)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5D5 #D56E4E

analogous

#4ED5B1 #4EB5D5 #4E72D5

triadic

#4EB5D5 #D54EB5 #B5D54E

tetradic

#4EB5D5 #B14ED5 #D56E4E #72D54E

square

#4EB5D5 #B14ED5 #D56E4E #72D54E

split-complementary

#4EB5D5 #D54E72 #D5B14E

monochromatic

#207088 #2C98BA #4EB5D5 #7FCAE1 #B1DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4EB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5D5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe2',
    500: '#4eb5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5d5;
$custom-light: #8dcbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5D5

secondary

#DBB1A4

accent

#6943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D5

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

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