#4EC3ED#4EC3ED

#4EC3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC3ED
RGB	rgb(78, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -19.95, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 36.40, 236.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0837 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.119 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9369, 46.7602, 87.1306)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC3ED #ED784E

analogous

#4EEDC8 #4EC3ED #4E74ED

triadic

#4EC3ED #ED4EC3 #C3ED4E

tetradic

#4EC3ED #C84EED #ED784E #74ED4E

square

#4EC3ED #C84EED #ED784E #74ED4E

split-complementary

#4EC3ED #ED4E74 #EDC84E

monochromatic

#1285AF #17B0E6 #4EC3ED #86D6F3 #BDE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4EC3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC3ED

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC3ED	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5f3',
    500: '#4ec3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec3ed;
$custom-light: #91d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76793,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC3ED

secondary

#E9BEAE

accent

#4008DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC3ED

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

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