#4EB6CD#4EB6CD

#4EB6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6CD
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -23.05, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 30.91, 221.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0825 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.1 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8848, 39.4802, 63.7385)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6CD #CD654E

analogous

#4ECDA4 #4EB6CD #4E76CD

triadic

#4EB6CD #CD4EB6 #B6CD4E

tetradic

#4EB6CD #A44ECD #CD654E #76CD4E

square

#4EB6CD #A44ECD #CD654E #76CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB6CD #CD4E76 #CDA44E

monochromatic

#236D7D #3196AD #4EB6CD #7ECADA #ADDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4EB6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6CD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6CD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cccdc',
    500: '#4eb6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6cd;
$custom-light: #8cccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6CD

secondary

#D6ABA1

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6CD

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

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