#4EB8D1#4EB8D1

#4EB8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D1
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 12%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -22.87, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 31.51, 223.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0831 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.103 216)
XYZ	xyz(31.7863, 40.5008, 66.4515)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D1 #D1674E

analogous

#4ED1A8 #4EB8D1 #4E77D1

triadic

#4EB8D1 #D14EB8 #B8D14E

tetradic

#4EB8D1 #A84ED1 #D1674E #77D14E

square

#4EB8D1 #A84ED1 #D1674E #77D14E

split-complementary

#4EB8D1 #D14E77 #D1A84E

monochromatic

#227083 #2F9AB3 #4EB8D1 #7FCBDE #AFDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4EB8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D1

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D1	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcddf',
    500: '#4eb8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d1;
$custom-light: #8dcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D1

secondary

#D8ADA2

accent

#6446E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D1

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

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