#4EC3EF#4EC3EF

#4EC3EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC3EF
RGB	rgb(78, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -19.33, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 36.88, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.083 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.121 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2307, 46.8777, 88.6781)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC3EF #EF7A4E

analogous

#4EEFCB #4EC3EF #4E72EF

triadic

#4EC3EF #EF4EC3 #C3EF4E

tetradic

#4EC3EF #CB4EEF #EF7A4E #72EF4E

square

#4EC3EF #CB4EEF #EF7A4E #72EF4E

split-complementary

#4EC3EF #EF4E72 #EFCB4E

monochromatic

#1086B2 #16B0EA #4EC3EF #86D6F4 #BEE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#4EC3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC3EF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC3EF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5f4',
    500: '#4ec3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec3ef;
$custom-light: #91d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.398,
    "s": 83.42,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76878,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC3EF

secondary

#EABFAF

accent

#4106E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC3EF

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

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