#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
RGBrgb(78, 184, 217)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(194, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -20.45, -25.61)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 32.78, 231.40°)
OKLaboklab(73.41% -0.08 -0.0714)
OKLCHoklch(73.41% 0.107 221.8)
XYZxyz(32.8017, 40.9070, 71.7993)
Luminance0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4EB8D91.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#4EB8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva