#4EB9CF#4EB9CF

#4EB9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CF
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -23.98, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 31.38, 220.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0849 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.102 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7487, 40.8193, 65.2251)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CF #CF644E

analogous

#4ECFA5 #4EB9CF #4E78CF

triadic

#4EB9CF #CF4EB9 #B9CF4E

tetradic

#4EB9CF #A54ECF #CF644E #78CF4E

square

#4EB9CF #A54ECF #CF644E #78CF4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CF #CF4E78 #CFA54E

monochromatic

#237080 #309AB0 #4EB9CF #7ECCDC #AEDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4EB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedd',
    500: '#4eb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9cf;
$custom-light: #8dcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CF

secondary

#D7ABA2

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CF

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

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