#4EB5DE#4EB5DE

#4EB5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5DE
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -17.34, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 34.13, 239.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0751 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.111 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8453, 39.9379, 75.0709)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5DE #DE774E

analogous

#4EDEBF #4EB5DE #4E6DDE

triadic

#4EB5DE #DE4EB5 #B5DE4E

tetradic

#4EB5DE #BF4EDE #DE774E #6DDE4E

square

#4EB5DE #BF4EDE #DE774E #6DDE4E

split-complementary

#4EB5DE #DE4E6D #DEBF4E

monochromatic

#1C7396 #269BC9 #4EB5DE #82CBE8 #B5E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4EB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5DE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5DE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe8',
    500: '#4eb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5de;
$custom-light: #8ecbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5DE

secondary

#E0B8A8

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5DE

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

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