#4EC4E5#4EC4E5

#4EC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4E5
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -22.92, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 34.76, 228.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0876 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.114 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0189, 46.7527, 81.1867)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4E5 #E56F4E

analogous

#4EE5BB #4EC4E5 #4E78E5

triadic

#4EC4E5 #E54EC4 #C4E54E

tetradic

#4EC4E5 #BB4EE5 #E56F4E #78E54E

square

#4EC4E5 #BB4EE5 #E56F4E #78E54E

split-complementary

#4EC4E5 #E54E78 #E5BB4E

monochromatic

#1883A1 #1FAED6 #4EC4E5 #83D6ED #B9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4EC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4E5

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4E5	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)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ed',
    500: '#4ec4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4e5;
$custom-light: #90d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76692,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4E5

secondary

#E4B7AA

accent

#3B0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4E5

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

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