#4EC3E6#4EC3E6

#4EC3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC3E6
RGB	rgb(78, 195, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -22.11, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 34.94, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0863 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.115 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9341, 46.3591, 81.8493)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC3E6 #E6714E

analogous

#4EE6BD #4EC3E6 #4E77E6

triadic

#4EC3E6 #E64EC3 #C3E64E

tetradic

#4EC3E6 #BD4EE6 #E6714E #77E64E

square

#4EC3E6 #BD4EE6 #E6714E #77E64E

split-complementary

#4EC3E6 #E64E77 #E6BD4E

monochromatic

#1782A3 #1FADD8 #4EC3E6 #84D5EE #B9E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4EC3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC3E6

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC3E6	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 195, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5ee',
    500: '#4ec3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec3e6;
$custom-light: #90d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.765,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC3E6

secondary

#E5B8AB

accent

#3C0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC3E6

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

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