#4EC5DE#4EC5DE

#4EC5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5DE
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -25.53, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 33.89, 221.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0913 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.11 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2875, 46.8222, 76.2183)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5DE #DE674E

analogous

#4EDEAF #4EC5DE #4E7DDE

triadic

#4EC5DE #DE4EC5 #C5DE4E

tetradic

#4EC5DE #AF4EDE #DE674E #7DDE4E

square

#4EC5DE #AF4EDE #DE674E #7DDE4E

split-complementary

#4EC5DE #DE4E7D #DEAF4E

monochromatic

#1C8196 #26ADC9 #4EC5DE #82D6E8 #B5E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4EC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#4EC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5DE

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5DE	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6e8',
    500: '#4ec5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5de;
$custom-light: #8fd6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76646,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5DE

secondary

#E0B1A8

accent

#5B3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5DE

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

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