#4EBDEA#4EBDEA

#4EBDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBDEA
RGB	rgb(78, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -17.77, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 36.31, 240.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0788 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.119 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1848, 43.9515, 84.4024)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBDEA #EA7B4E

analogous

#4EEAC9 #4EBDEA #4E6FEA

triadic

#4EBDEA #EA4EBD #BDEA4E

tetradic

#4EBDEA #C94EEA #EA7B4E #6FEA4E

square

#4EBDEA #C94EEA #EA7B4E #6FEA4E

split-complementary

#4EBDEA #EA4E6F #EAC94E

monochromatic

#147EA9 #1BA7E0 #4EBDEA #85D1F0 #BBE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4EBDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#4EBDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBDEA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBDEA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1f1',
    500: '#4ebdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebdea;
$custom-light: #90d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75284,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBDEA

secondary

#E7BEAD

accent

#470ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBDEA

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

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