#4EB8DD#4EB8DD

#4EB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DD
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -19.22, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 33.61, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0785 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.11 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3283, 41.1176, 74.5726)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DD #DD734E

analogous

#4EDDBA #4EB8DD #4E70DD

triadic

#4EB8DD #DD4EB8 #B8DD4E

tetradic

#4EB8DD #BA4EDD #DD734E #70DD4E

square

#4EB8DD #BA4EDD #DD734E #70DD4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DD #DD4E70 #DDBA4E

monochromatic

#1C7594 #269EC7 #4EB8DD #81CDE7 #B5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4EB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DD	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde7',
    500: '#4eb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8dd;
$custom-light: #8ecde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DD

secondary

#E0B6A7

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DD

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

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