#4EB8D7#4EB8D7

#4EB8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D7
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -21.06, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 32.41, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0807 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5432, 40.8035, 70.4376)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D7 #D76D4E

analogous

#4ED7B2 #4EB8D7 #4E73D7

triadic

#4EB8D7 #D74EB8 #B8D74E

tetradic

#4EB8D7 #B24ED7 #D76D4E #73D74E

square

#4EB8D7 #B24ED7 #D76D4E #73D74E

split-complementary

#4EB8D7 #D74E73 #D7B24E

monochromatic

#1F738B #2B9CBD #4EB8D7 #80CCE2 #B2E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4EB8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D7

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D7	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde3',
    500: '#4eb8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d7;
$custom-light: #8ecde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D7

secondary

#DCB1A5

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D7

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

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