#4EB9DC#4EB9DC

#4EB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9DC
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -20.05, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 33.34, 233.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0799 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.109 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4039, 41.4814, 73.9425)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9DC #DC714E

analogous

#4EDCB8 #4EB9DC #4E72DC

triadic

#4EB9DC #DC4EB9 #B9DC4E

tetradic

#4EB9DC #B84EDC #DC714E #72DC4E

square

#4EB9DC #B84EDC #DC714E #72DC4E

split-complementary

#4EB9DC #DC4E72 #DCB84E

monochromatic

#1D7693 #279FC6 #4EB9DC #81CDE6 #B4E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4EB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4EB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9DC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9DC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee7',
    500: '#4eb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9dc;
$custom-light: #8ecee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9DC

secondary

#DFB5A7

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9DC

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

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