#4EB8DE#4EB8DE

#4EB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DE
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -18.91, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 33.84, 236.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0781 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.111 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4619, 41.1710, 75.2764)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DE #DE744E

analogous

#4EDEBC #4EB8DE #4E70DE

triadic

#4EB8DE #DE4EB8 #B8DE4E

tetradic

#4EB8DE #BC4EDE #DE744E #70DE4E

square

#4EB8DE #BC4EDE #DE744E #70DE4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DE #DE4E70 #DEBC4E

monochromatic

#1C7696 #269EC9 #4EB8DE #82CDE8 #B5E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4EB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4EB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde8',
    500: '#4eb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8de;
$custom-light: #8ecde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DE

secondary

#E0B7A8

accent

#6B3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DE

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

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