#4EBDE4#4EBDE4

#4EBDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBDE4
RGB	rgb(78, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -19.65, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 34.83, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.081 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.114 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3374, 43.6125, 79.9395)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBDE4 #E4754E

analogous

#4EE4C0 #4EBDE4 #4E72E4

triadic

#4EBDE4 #E44EBD #BDE44E

tetradic

#4EBDE4 #C04EE4 #E4754E #72E44E

square

#4EBDE4 #C04EE4 #E4754E #72E44E

split-complementary

#4EBDE4 #E44E72 #E4C04E

monochromatic

#187C9F #20A6D4 #4EBDE4 #83D1EC #B8E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4EBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#4EBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBDE4

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBDE4	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ec',
    500: '#4ebde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebde4;
$custom-light: #8fd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBDE4

secondary

#E4B9AA

accent

#6838F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBDE4

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

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