#4EC4EF#4EC4EF

#4EC4EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4EF
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -19.84, -30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 36.78, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0839 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.121 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4555, 47.3273, 88.7530)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4EF #EF794E

analogous

#4EEFCA #4EC4EF #4E73EF

triadic

#4EC4EF #EF4EC4 #C4EF4E

tetradic

#4EC4EF #CA4EEF #EF794E #73EF4E

square

#4EC4EF #CA4EEF #EF794E #73EF4E

split-complementary

#4EC4EF #EF4E73 #EFCA4E

monochromatic

#1087B2 #16B1EA #4EC4EF #86D7F4 #BEE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4EC4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#4EC4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4EF

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4EF	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6f4',
    500: '#4ec4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4ef;
$custom-light: #91d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.025,
    "s": 83.42,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77107,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4EF

secondary

#EABFAF

accent

#4006E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4EF

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

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