#4EB7DE#4EB7DE

#4EB7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB7DE
RGB	rgb(78, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -18.39, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 33.92, 237.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0771 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.111 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2549, 40.7571, 75.2074)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB7DE #DE754E

analogous

#4EDEBD #4EB7DE #4E6FDE

triadic

#4EB7DE #DE4EB7 #B7DE4E

tetradic

#4EB7DE #BD4EDE #DE754E #6FDE4E

square

#4EB7DE #BD4EDE #DE754E #6FDE4E

split-complementary

#4EB7DE #DE4E6F #DEBD4E

monochromatic

#1C7596 #269DC9 #4EB7DE #82CCE8 #B5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4EB7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB7DE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB7DE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce8',
    500: '#4eb7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb7de;
$custom-light: #8ecce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB7DE

secondary

#E0B7A8

accent

#6C3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB7DE

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

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