#4EC3E8#4EC3E8

#4EC3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC3E8
RGB	rgb(78, 195, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -21.49, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 35.32, 232.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0855 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.116 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2166, 46.4720, 83.3369)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC3E8 #E8734E

analogous

#4EE8C0 #4EC3E8 #4E76E8

triadic

#4EC3E8 #E84EC3 #C3E84E

tetradic

#4EC3E8 #C04EE8 #E8734E #76E84E

square

#4EC3E8 #C04EE8 #E8734E #76E84E

split-complementary

#4EC3E8 #E84E76 #E8C04E

monochromatic

#1683A6 #1DAEDC #4EC3E8 #84D5EF #BAE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#4EC3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC3E8

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC3E8	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 195, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5ef',
    500: '#4ec3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec3e8;
$custom-light: #90d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76583,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC3E8

secondary

#E6BAAC

accent

#3E0CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC3E8

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

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