#4EB9D9#4EB9D9

#4EB9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9D9
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -20.97, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 32.76, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.081 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.107 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0102, 41.3239, 71.8688)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9D9 #D96E4E

analogous

#4ED9B3 #4EB9D9 #4E73D9

triadic

#4EB9D9 #D94EB9 #B9D94E

tetradic

#4EB9D9 #B34ED9 #D96E4E #73D94E

square

#4EB9D9 #B34ED9 #D96E4E #73D94E

split-complementary

#4EB9D9 #D94E73 #D9B34E

monochromatic

#1F748E #299EC0 #4EB9D9 #80CDE4 #B3E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4EB9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4EB9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9D9

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9D9	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee4',
    500: '#4eb9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9d9;
$custom-light: #8ecee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9D9

secondary

#DDB2A6

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9D9

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

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