#4EB8E7#4EB8E7

#4EB8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8E7
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -16.09, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 36.21, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0749 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.118 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7005, 41.6665, 81.7995)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8E7 #E77D4E

analogous

#4EE7C9 #4EB8E7 #4E6CE7

triadic

#4EB8E7 #E74EB8 #B8E74E

tetradic

#4EB8E7 #C94EE7 #E77D4E #6CE74E

square

#4EB8E7 #C94EE7 #E77D4E #6CE74E

split-complementary

#4EB8E7 #E74E6C #E7C94E

monochromatic

#1679A4 #1EA0DA #4EB8E7 #84CEEE #BAE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4EB8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#4EB8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8E7

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8E7	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdee',
    500: '#4eb8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8e7;
$custom-light: #8fcdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74005,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8E7

secondary

#E5BDAB

accent

#4C0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8E7

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

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