#4EB8D8#4EB8D8

#4EB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D8
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -20.76, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.59, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0804 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.107 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6720, 40.8551, 71.1164)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D8 #D86E4E

analogous

#4ED8B3 #4EB8D8 #4E73D8

triadic

#4EB8D8 #D84EB8 #B8D84E

tetradic

#4EB8D8 #B34ED8 #D86E4E #73D84E

square

#4EB8D8 #B34ED8 #D86E4E #73D84E

split-complementary

#4EB8D8 #D84E73 #D8B34E

monochromatic

#1F738D #2A9CBF #4EB8D8 #80CCE3 #B2E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4EB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde4',
    500: '#4eb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d8;
$custom-light: #8ecde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73365,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D8

secondary

#DDB2A5

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D8

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

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