#4EB7DC#4EB7DC

#4EB7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB7DC
RGB	rgb(78, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -19.01, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 33.45, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0778 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9885, 40.6505, 73.8041)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB7DC #DC734E

analogous

#4EDCBA #4EB7DC #4E70DC

triadic

#4EB7DC #DC4EB7 #B7DC4E

tetradic

#4EB7DC #BA4EDC #DC734E #70DC4E

square

#4EB7DC #BA4EDC #DC734E #70DC4E

split-complementary

#4EB7DC #DC4E70 #DCBA4E

monochromatic

#1D7493 #279CC6 #4EB7DC #81CCE6 #B4E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4EB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB7DC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB7DC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4eb7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb7dc;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB7DC

secondary

#DFB5A7

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB7DC

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

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