#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
RGBrgb(78, 184, 225)
HSLhsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(197, 65%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.41, -17.98, -29.52)
CIE-LCHlch(70.41, 34.57, 238.66°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.077 -0.0825)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.113 227)
XYZxyz(33.8676, 41.3333, 77.4128)
Luminance0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4EB8E11.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

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

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#4EB8E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva