#4EC1E5#4EC1E5

#4EC1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC1E5
RGB	rgb(78, 193, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -21.39, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 34.81, 232.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0846 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.114 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3490, 45.4128, 80.9634)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC1E5 #E5724E

analogous

#4EE5BE #4EC1E5 #4E75E5

triadic

#4EC1E5 #E54EC1 #C1E54E

tetradic

#4EC1E5 #BE4EE5 #E5724E #75E54E

square

#4EC1E5 #BE4EE5 #E5724E #75E54E

split-complementary

#4EC1E5 #E54E75 #E5BE4E

monochromatic

#1880A1 #1FABD6 #4EC1E5 #83D4ED #B9E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#4EC1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#4EC1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC1E5

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC1E5	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 193, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4ed',
    500: '#4ec1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec1e5;
$custom-light: #90d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC1E5

secondary

#E4B8AA

accent

#3F0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC1E5

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

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