#4EB9DE#4EB9DE

#4EB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9DE
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -19.43, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 33.77, 234.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0791 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.11 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6704, 41.5880, 75.3459)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9DE #DE734E

analogous

#4EDEBB #4EB9DE #4E71DE

triadic

#4EB9DE #DE4EB9 #B9DE4E

tetradic

#4EB9DE #BB4EDE #DE734E #71DE4E

square

#4EB9DE #BB4EDE #DE734E #71DE4E

split-complementary

#4EB9DE #DE4E71 #DEBB4E

monochromatic

#1C7696 #269FC9 #4EB9DE #82CDE8 #B5E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4EB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#4EB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9DE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9DE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee8',
    500: '#4eb9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9de;
$custom-light: #8ecee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9DE

secondary

#E0B6A8

accent

#693CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9DE

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

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