#4EC3E5#4EC3E5

#4EC3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC3E5
RGB	rgb(78, 195, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -22.41, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 34.77, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0866 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.114 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7941, 46.3030, 81.1118)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC3E5 #E5704E

analogous

#4EE5BB #4EC3E5 #4E77E5

triadic

#4EC3E5 #E54EC3 #C3E54E

tetradic

#4EC3E5 #BB4EE5 #E5704E #77E54E

square

#4EC3E5 #BB4EE5 #E5704E #77E54E

split-complementary

#4EC3E5 #E54E77 #E5BB4E

monochromatic

#1882A1 #1FADD6 #4EC3E5 #83D5ED #B9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4EC3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#4EC3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC3E5

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC3E5	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 195, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5ed',
    500: '#4ec3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec3e5;
$custom-light: #90d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7646,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC3E5

secondary

#E4B7AA

accent

#3C0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC3E5

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

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