#4EC4E9#4EC4E9

#4EC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4E9
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -21.70, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 35.48, 232.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0861 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.116 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5838, 46.9786, 84.1620)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4E9 #E9734E

analogous

#4EE9C1 #4EC4E9 #4E76E9

triadic

#4EC4E9 #E94EC4 #C4E94E

tetradic

#4EC4E9 #C14EE9 #E9734E #76E94E

square

#4EC4E9 #C14EE9 #E9734E #76E94E

split-complementary

#4EC4E9 #E94E76 #E9C14E

monochromatic

#1585A8 #1CB0DE #4EC4E9 #84D6F0 #BBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4EC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#4EC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4E9

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4E9	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f0',
    500: '#4ec4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4e9;
$custom-light: #90d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76856,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4E9

secondary

#E7BAAC

accent

#3D0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4E9

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

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