#4EB5D8#4EB5D8

#4EB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5D8
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -19.20, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 32.70, 234.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0773 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.107 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0555, 39.6219, 70.9109)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5D8 #D8714E

analogous

#4ED8B6 #4EB5D8 #4E70D8

triadic

#4EB5D8 #D84EB5 #B5D84E

tetradic

#4EB5D8 #B64ED8 #D8714E #70D84E

square

#4EB5D8 #B64ED8 #D8714E #70D84E

split-complementary

#4EB5D8 #D84E70 #D8B64E

monochromatic

#1F718D #2A99BF #4EB5D8 #80CAE3 #B2DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4EB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5D8	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe4',
    500: '#4eb5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5d8;
$custom-light: #8ecbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5D8

secondary

#DDB3A5

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D8

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

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