#4EC4ED#4EC4ED

#4EC4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4ED
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -20.46, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 36.32, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0847 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.119 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1617, 47.2098, 87.2055)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4ED #ED774E

analogous

#4EEDC7 #4EC4ED #4E75ED

triadic

#4EC4ED #ED4EC4 #C4ED4E

tetradic

#4EC4ED #C74EED #ED774E #75ED4E

square

#4EC4ED #C74EED #ED774E #75ED4E

split-complementary

#4EC4ED #ED4E75 #EDC74E

monochromatic

#1286AF #17B1E6 #4EC4ED #86D7F3 #BDE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4EC4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#4EC4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4ED

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4ED	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6f3',
    500: '#4ec4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4ed;
$custom-light: #91d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4ED

secondary

#E9BDAE

accent

#3F08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4ED

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

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