#4EB5D9#4EB5D9

#4EB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5D9
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -18.89, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 32.92, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0769 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.108 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1851, 39.6738, 71.5938)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5D9 #D9724E

analogous

#4ED9B8 #4EB5D9 #4E6FD9

triadic

#4EB5D9 #D94EB5 #B5D94E

tetradic

#4EB5D9 #B84ED9 #D9724E #6FD94E

square

#4EB5D9 #B84ED9 #D9724E #6FD94E

split-complementary

#4EB5D9 #D94E6F #D9B84E

monochromatic

#1F718E #2999C0 #4EB5D9 #80CAE4 #B3DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4EB5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5D9

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5D9	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe4',
    500: '#4eb5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5d9;
$custom-light: #8ecbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5D9

secondary

#DDB4A6

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5D9

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

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