#4EC4DE#4EC4DE

#4EC4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4DE
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -25.03, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 33.81, 222.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0903 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.11 215)
XYZ	xyz(36.0612, 46.3696, 76.1428)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4DE #DE684E

analogous

#4EDEB0 #4EC4DE #4E7CDE

triadic

#4EC4DE #DE4EC4 #C4DE4E

tetradic

#4EC4DE #B04EDE #DE684E #7CDE4E

square

#4EC4DE #B04EDE #DE684E #7CDE4E

split-complementary

#4EC4DE #DE4E7C #DEB04E

monochromatic

#1C8096 #26ACC9 #4EC4DE #82D5E8 #B5E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4EC4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#4EC4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4DE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4DE	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)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6e8',
    500: '#4ec4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4de;
$custom-light: #8fd6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76412,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.46373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4DE

secondary

#E0B2A8

accent

#5C3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4DE

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

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