#4EB8DF#4EB8DF

#4EB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8DF
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -18.60, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 34.07, 236.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0777 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.111 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5963, 41.2248, 75.9843)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8DF #DF754E

analogous

#4EDFBE #4EB8DF #4E70DF

triadic

#4EB8DF #DF4EB8 #B8DF4E

tetradic

#4EB8DF #BE4EDF #DF754E #70DF4E

square

#4EB8DF #BE4EDF #DF754E #70DF4E

split-complementary

#4EB8DF #DF4E70 #DFBE4E

monochromatic

#1B7697 #259ECB #4EB8DF #82CDE8 #B6E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4EB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#4EB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8DF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8DF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcde9',
    500: '#4eb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8df;
$custom-light: #8fcde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8DF

secondary

#E1B7A8

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8DF

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

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