#4EB8D9#4EB8D9

#4EB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8D9
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -20.45, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 32.78, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.08 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.107 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8017, 40.9070, 71.7993)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8D9 #D96F4E

analogous

#4ED9B5 #4EB8D9 #4E72D9

triadic

#4EB8D9 #D94EB8 #B8D94E

tetradic

#4EB8D9 #B54ED9 #D96F4E #72D94E

square

#4EB8D9 #B54ED9 #D96F4E #72D94E

split-complementary

#4EB8D9 #D94E72 #D9B54E

monochromatic

#1F748E #299DC0 #4EB8D9 #80CCE4 #B3E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4EB8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8D9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8D9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde4',
    500: '#4eb8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8d9;
$custom-light: #8ecde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8D9

secondary

#DDB3A6

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8D9

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

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