#4EB8DB#4EB8DB

#4EB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DB
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -19.84, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 33.18, 233.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0792 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.109 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0634, 41.0116, 73.1776)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DB #DB714E

analogous

#4EDBB8 #4EB8DB #4E71DB

triadic

#4EB8DB #DB4EB8 #B8DB4E

tetradic

#4EB8DB #B84EDB #DB714E #71DB4E

square

#4EB8DB #B84EDB #DB714E #71DB4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DB #DB4E71 #DBB84E

monochromatic

#1E7491 #289DC4 #4EB8DB #81CCE5 #B4E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#4EB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde6',
    500: '#4eb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8db;
$custom-light: #8ecde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DB

secondary

#DEB4A6

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DB

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

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