#4EB8E5#4EB8E5

#4EB8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8E5
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -16.72, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 35.63, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0756 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.116 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4196, 41.5541, 80.3203)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8E5 #E57B4E

analogous

#4EE5C7 #4EB8E5 #4E6CE5

triadic

#4EB8E5 #E54EB8 #B8E54E

tetradic

#4EB8E5 #C74EE5 #E57B4E #6CE54E

square

#4EB8E5 #C74EE5 #E57B4E #6CE54E

split-complementary

#4EB8E5 #E54E6C #E5C74E

monochromatic

#1878A1 #1FA0D6 #4EB8E5 #83CDED #B9E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4EB8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4EB8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8E5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8E5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcded',
    500: '#4eb8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8e5;
$custom-light: #8fcded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8E5

secondary

#E4BCAA

accent

#4A0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8E5

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

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