#4EBDE5#4EBDE5

#4EBDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBDE5
RGB	rgb(78, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.33, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 35.05, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0806 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.115 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4767, 43.6682, 80.6727)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBDE5 #E5764E

analogous

#4EE5C1 #4EBDE5 #4E71E5

triadic

#4EBDE5 #E54EBD #BDE54E

tetradic

#4EBDE5 #C14EE5 #E5764E #71E54E

square

#4EBDE5 #C14EE5 #E5764E #71E54E

split-complementary

#4EBDE5 #E54E71 #E5C14E

monochromatic

#187DA1 #1FA6D6 #4EBDE5 #83D1ED #B9E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4EBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#4EBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBDE5

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBDE5	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1ed',
    500: '#4ebde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebde5;
$custom-light: #90d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBDE5

secondary

#E4BAAA

accent

#440FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBDE5

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

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