#4EBDE9#4EBDE9

#4EBDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBDE9
RGB	rgb(78, 189, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -18.09, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 36.04, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0792 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.118 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0416, 43.8942, 83.6480)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBDE9 #E97A4E

analogous

#4EE9C7 #4EBDE9 #4E6FE9

triadic

#4EBDE9 #E94EBD #BDE94E

tetradic

#4EBDE9 #C74EE9 #E97A4E #6FE94E

square

#4EBDE9 #C74EE9 #E97A4E #6FE94E

split-complementary

#4EBDE9 #E94E6F #E9C74E

monochromatic

#157EA8 #1CA7DE #4EBDE9 #84D1F0 #BBE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#4EBDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#4EBDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBDE9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBDE9	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 189, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1f0',
    500: '#4ebde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebde9;
$custom-light: #90d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75241,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBDE9

secondary

#E7BDAC

accent

#460BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBDE9

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

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