#4EC2E5#4EC2E5

#4EC2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC2E5
RGB	rgb(78, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -21.90, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 34.78, 230.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0856 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.114 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5708, 45.8564, 81.0374)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC2E5 #E5714E

analogous

#4EE5BC #4EC2E5 #4E77E5

triadic

#4EC2E5 #E54EC2 #C2E54E

tetradic

#4EC2E5 #BC4EE5 #E5714E #77E54E

square

#4EC2E5 #BC4EE5 #E5714E #77E54E

split-complementary

#4EC2E5 #E54E77 #E5BC4E

monochromatic

#1881A1 #1FACD6 #4EC2E5 #83D4ED #B9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#4EC2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#4EC2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC2E5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC2E5	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4ed',
    500: '#4ec2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec2e5;
$custom-light: #90d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76228,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC2E5

secondary

#E4B8AA

accent

#3D0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC2E5

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

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