#4EB8DC#4EB8DC

#4EB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DC
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -19.53, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 33.39, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0789 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.109 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1955, 41.0645, 73.8731)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DC #DC724E

analogous

#4EDCB9 #4EB8DC #4E71DC

triadic

#4EB8DC #DC4EB8 #B8DC4E

tetradic

#4EB8DC #B94EDC #DC724E #71DC4E

square

#4EB8DC #B94EDC #DC724E #71DC4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DC #DC4E71 #DCB94E

monochromatic

#1D7593 #279DC6 #4EB8DC #81CCE6 #B4E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#4EB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DC	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde7',
    500: '#4eb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8dc;
$custom-light: #8ecde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DC

secondary

#DFB5A7

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DC

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

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