#4EB8D6#4EB8D6

#4EB8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D6
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -21.37, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 32.24, 228.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0811 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.105 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4151, 40.7523, 69.7630)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D6 #D66C4E

analogous

#4ED6B0 #4EB8D6 #4E74D6

triadic

#4EB8D6 #D64EB8 #B8D64E

tetradic

#4EB8D6 #B04ED6 #D66C4E #74D64E

square

#4EB8D6 #B04ED6 #D66C4E #74D64E

split-complementary

#4EB8D6 #D64E74 #D6B04E

monochromatic

#20728A #2B9CBB #4EB8D6 #80CCE2 #B1E0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4EB8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D6	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)

#A5B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde2',
    500: '#4eb8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d6;
$custom-light: #8ecde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D6

secondary

#DBB1A4

accent

#6642E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D6

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

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