#4EB5DA#4EB5DA

#4EB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5DA
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -18.58, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 33.15, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0765 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.108 225)
XYZ	xyz(32.3156, 39.7260, 72.2809)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5DA #DA734E

analogous

#4EDAB9 #4EB5DA #4E6FDA

triadic

#4EB5DA #DA4EB5 #B5DA4E

tetradic

#4EB5DA #B94EDA #DA734E #6FDA4E

square

#4EB5DA #B94EDA #DA734E #6FDA4E

split-complementary

#4EB5DA #DA4E6F #DAB94E

monochromatic

#1E7290 #299AC2 #4EB5DA #81CAE5 #B3DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4EB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5DA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5DA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe5',
    500: '#4eb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5da;
$custom-light: #8ecbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72749,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.39729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5DA

secondary

#DEB5A6

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5DA

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

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