#4EC5DD#4EC5DD

#4EC5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5DD
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -25.83, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 33.79, 220.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0917 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.11 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1539, 46.7687, 75.5145)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5DD #DD664E

analogous

#4EDDAD #4EC5DD #4E7DDD

triadic

#4EC5DD #DD4EC5 #C5DD4E

tetradic

#4EC5DD #AD4EDD #DD664E #7DDD4E

square

#4EC5DD #AD4EDD #DD664E #7DDD4E

split-complementary

#4EC5DD #DD4E7D #DDAD4E

monochromatic

#1C8094 #26ACC7 #4EC5DD #81D6E7 #B5E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4EC5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5DD

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5DD	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)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6e7',
    500: '#4ec5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5dd;
$custom-light: #8fd6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5DD

secondary

#E0B1A7

accent

#5A3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5DD

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

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