#4EACC9#4EACC9

#4EACC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.098 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EACC9
RGB	rgb(78, 172, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -19.10, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 29.96, 230.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0735 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.098 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4328, 35.3389, 60.5697)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EACC9 #C96B4E

analogous

#4EC9A8 #4EACC9 #4E6FC9

triadic

#4EACC9 #C94EAC #ACC94E

tetradic

#4EACC9 #A84EC9 #C96B4E #6FC94E

square

#4EACC9 #A84EC9 #C96B4E #6FC94E

split-complementary

#4EACC9 #C94E6F #C9A84E

monochromatic

#256478 #338CA7 #4EACC9 #7DC2D7 #ACD8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4EACC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#4EACC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EACC9

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EACC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EACC9	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eacc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 172, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.098 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4d9',
    500: '#4eacc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eacc9;
$custom-light: #8bc4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eacc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69931,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EACC9

secondary

#D3AC9F

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EACC9

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

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