#4EB9D2#4EB9D2

#4EB9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9D2
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -23.08, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 31.70, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0837 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.103 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1189, 40.9674, 67.1751)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9D2 #D2674E

analogous

#4ED2A9 #4EB9D2 #4E77D2

triadic

#4EB9D2 #D24EB9 #B9D24E

tetradic

#4EB9D2 #A94ED2 #D2674E #77D24E

square

#4EB9D2 #A94ED2 #D2674E #77D24E

split-complementary

#4EB9D2 #D24E77 #D2A94E

monochromatic

#227184 #2E9BB5 #4EB9D2 #7FCCDE #B0E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EB9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4EB9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9D2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9D2	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedf',
    500: '#4eb9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9d2;
$custom-light: #8dcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9D2

secondary

#D9ADA3

accent

#6345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9D2

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

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