#4EB7DD#4EB7DD

#4EB7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB7DD
RGB	rgb(78, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -18.70, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 33.69, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0775 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.11 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1213, 40.7036, 74.5036)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB7DD #DD744E

analogous

#4EDDBB #4EB7DD #4E6FDD

triadic

#4EB7DD #DD4EB7 #B7DD4E

tetradic

#4EB7DD #BB4EDD #DD744E #6FDD4E

square

#4EB7DD #BB4EDD #DD744E #6FDD4E

split-complementary

#4EB7DD #DD4E6F #DDBB4E

monochromatic

#1C7494 #269DC7 #4EB7DD #81CCE7 #B5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4EB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB7DD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB7DD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4eb7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb7dd;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB7DD

secondary

#E0B6A7

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB7DD

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

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