#4EB8E4#4EB8E4

#4EB8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8E4
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -17.04, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 35.36, 241.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0759 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.115 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2804, 41.4984, 79.5871)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8E4 #E47A4E

analogous

#4EE4C5 #4EB8E4 #4E6DE4

triadic

#4EB8E4 #E44EB8 #B8E44E

tetradic

#4EB8E4 #C54EE4 #E47A4E #6DE44E

square

#4EB8E4 #C54EE4 #E47A4E #6DE44E

split-complementary

#4EB8E4 #E44E6D #E4C54E

monochromatic

#18789F #20A0D4 #4EB8E4 #83CDEC #B8E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4EB8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4EB8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8E4

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8E4	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdec',
    500: '#4eb8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8e4;
$custom-light: #8fcdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8E4

secondary

#E4BBAA

accent

#6E38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8E4

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

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