#4EBCDD#4EBCDD

#4EBCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCDD
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -21.28, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 33.44, 230.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0826 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.109 221)
XYZ	xyz(34.1710, 42.8029, 74.8535)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCDD #DD6F4E

analogous

#4EDDB6 #4EBCDD #4E74DD

triadic

#4EBCDD #DD4EBC #BCDD4E

tetradic

#4EBCDD #B64EDD #DD6F4E #74DD4E

square

#4EBCDD #B64EDD #DD6F4E #74DD4E

split-complementary

#4EBCDD #DD4E74 #DDB64E

monochromatic

#1C7994 #26A2C7 #4EBCDD #81CFE7 #B5E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4EBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#4EBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCDD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCDD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0e7',
    500: '#4ebcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebcdd;
$custom-light: #8fd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.42807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCDD

secondary

#E0B4A7

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCDD

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

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