#4EB8CE#4EB8CE

#4EB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CE
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -23.77, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 31.19, 220.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0842 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.101 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4184, 40.3536, 64.5138)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CE #CE644E

analogous

#4ECEA4 #4EB8CE #4E78CE

triadic

#4EB8CE #CE4EB8 #B8CE4E

tetradic

#4EB8CE #A44ECE #CE644E #78CE4E

square

#4EB8CE #A44ECE #CE644E #78CE4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CE #CE4E78 #CEA44E

monochromatic

#236F7F #3099AE #4EB8CE #7ECBDB #AEDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4EB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CE	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcddd',
    500: '#4eb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8ce;
$custom-light: #8dcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CE

secondary

#D7AAA1

accent

#6248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CE

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

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