#4EB8E1#4EB8E1

#4EB8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8E1
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -17.98, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 34.57, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.077 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.8676, 41.3333, 77.4128)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8E1 #E1774E

analogous

#4EE1C1 #4EB8E1 #4E6FE1

triadic

#4EB8E1 #E14EB8 #B8E14E

tetradic

#4EB8E1 #C14EE1 #E1774E #6FE14E

square

#4EB8E1 #C14EE1 #E1774E #6FE14E

split-complementary

#4EB8E1 #E14E6F #E1C14E

monochromatic

#1A779A #239FCF #4EB8E1 #82CDEA #B7E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4EB8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4EB8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8E1

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8E1	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdea',
    500: '#4eb8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8e1;
$custom-light: #8fcdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.41337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8E1

secondary

#E2B9A9

accent

#6C3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8E1

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

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