#4EB9DD#4EB9DD

#4EB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9DD
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -19.74, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 33.55, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0795 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.11 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5367, 41.5345, 74.6421)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9DD #DD724E

analogous

#4EDDB9 #4EB9DD #4E71DD

triadic

#4EB9DD #DD4EB9 #B9DD4E

tetradic

#4EB9DD #B94EDD #DD724E #71DD4E

square

#4EB9DD #B94EDD #DD724E #71DD4E

split-complementary

#4EB9DD #DD4E71 #DDB94E

monochromatic

#1C7694 #269FC7 #4EB9DD #81CDE7 #B5E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4EB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4EB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9DD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9DD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee7',
    500: '#4eb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9dd;
$custom-light: #8ecee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9DD

secondary

#E0B5A7

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9DD

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

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