#4EB8CF#4EB8CF

#4EB8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CF
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -23.47, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 31.29, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0838 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.102 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5402, 40.4024, 65.1556)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CF #CF654E

analogous

#4ECFA5 #4EB8CF #4E77CF

triadic

#4EB8CF #CF4EB8 #B8CF4E

tetradic

#4EB8CF #A54ECF #CF654E #77CF4E

square

#4EB8CF #A54ECF #CF654E #77CF4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CF #CF4E77 #CFA54E

monochromatic

#236F80 #3099B0 #4EB8CF #7ECBDC #AEDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4EB8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CF

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CF	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcddd',
    500: '#4eb8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8cf;
$custom-light: #8dcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CF

secondary

#D7ABA2

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CF

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

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