#4EC4E8#4EC4E8

#4EC4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4E8
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -22.00, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 35.29, 231.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0865 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.116 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4414, 46.9217, 83.4118)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4E8 #E8724E

analogous

#4EE8BF #4EC4E8 #4E77E8

triadic

#4EC4E8 #E84EC4 #C4E84E

tetradic

#4EC4E8 #BF4EE8 #E8724E #77E84E

square

#4EC4E8 #BF4EE8 #E8724E #77E84E

split-complementary

#4EC4E8 #E84E77 #E8BF4E

monochromatic

#1684A6 #1DAFDC #4EC4E8 #84D6EF #BAE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#4EC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4E8

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4E8	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ef',
    500: '#4ec4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4e8;
$custom-light: #90d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4E8

secondary

#E6B9AC

accent

#3C0CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4E8

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

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