#4EB5DC#4EB5DC

#4EB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5DC
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -17.96, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 33.62, 237.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0758 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.11 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5789, 39.8313, 73.6675)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5DC #DC754E

analogous

#4EDCBC #4EB5DC #4E6EDC

triadic

#4EB5DC #DC4EB5 #B5DC4E

tetradic

#4EB5DC #BC4EDC #DC754E #6EDC4E

square

#4EB5DC #BC4EDC #DC754E #6EDC4E

split-complementary

#4EB5DC #DC4E6E #DCBC4E

monochromatic

#1D7293 #279AC6 #4EB5DC #81CAE6 #B4E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4EB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5DC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5DC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe7',
    500: '#4eb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5dc;
$custom-light: #8ecbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5DC

secondary

#DFB6A7

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5DC

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

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