#4EB8E9#4EB8E9

#4EB8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8E9
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -15.46, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 36.80, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0742 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.119 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9845, 41.7801, 83.2956)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8E9 #E97F4E

analogous

#4EE9CC #4EB8E9 #4E6AE9

triadic

#4EB8E9 #E94EB8 #B8E94E

tetradic

#4EB8E9 #CC4EE9 #E97F4E #6AE94E

square

#4EB8E9 #CC4EE9 #E97F4E #6AE94E

split-complementary

#4EB8E9 #E94E6A #E9CC4E

monochromatic

#1579A8 #1CA1DE #4EB8E9 #84CEF0 #BBE4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4EB8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#4EB8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8E9

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8E9	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdf0',
    500: '#4eb8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8e9;
$custom-light: #90cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.968,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74093,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8E9

secondary

#E7BFAC

accent

#4D0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8E9

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

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