#4EB8D0#4EB8D0

#4EB8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D0
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -23.17, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 31.39, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0834 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.102 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6629, 40.4514, 65.8015)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D0 #D0664E

analogous

#4ED0A7 #4EB8D0 #4E77D0

triadic

#4EB8D0 #D04EB8 #B8D04E

tetradic

#4EB8D0 #A74ED0 #D0664E #77D04E

square

#4EB8D0 #A74ED0 #D0664E #77D04E

split-complementary

#4EB8D0 #D04E77 #D0A74E

monochromatic

#227081 #2F9AB2 #4EB8D0 #7ECBDD #AFDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4EB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D0	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdde',
    500: '#4eb8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d0;
$custom-light: #8dcdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D0

secondary

#D8ACA2

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D0

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

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