#4EB9DF#4EB9DF

#4EB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9DF
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -19.12, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 33.99, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0788 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8048, 41.6417, 76.0538)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9DF #DF744E

analogous

#4EDFBD #4EB9DF #4E71DF

triadic

#4EB9DF #DF4EB9 #B9DF4E

tetradic

#4EB9DF #BD4EDF #DF744E #71DF4E

square

#4EB9DF #BD4EDF #DF744E #71DF4E

split-complementary

#4EB9DF #DF4E71 #DFBD4E

monochromatic

#1B7797 #259FCB #4EB9DF #82CDE8 #B6E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4EB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#4EB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9DF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9DF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcee9',
    500: '#4eb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9df;
$custom-light: #8fcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7389,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9DF

secondary

#E1B7A8

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9DF

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