#4EB8DA#4EB8DA

#4EB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DA
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -20.14, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 32.97, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0796 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.108 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9322, 40.9591, 72.4864)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DA #DA704E

analogous

#4EDAB6 #4EB8DA #4E72DA

triadic

#4EB8DA #DA4EB8 #B8DA4E

tetradic

#4EB8DA #B64EDA #DA704E #72DA4E

square

#4EB8DA #B64EDA #DA704E #72DA4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DA #DA4E72 #DAB64E

monochromatic

#1E7490 #299DC2 #4EB8DA #81CCE5 #B3E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4EB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde5',
    500: '#4eb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8da;
$custom-light: #8ecde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73447,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DA

secondary

#DEB4A6

accent

#683FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DA

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

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