#4EC5E5#4EC5E5

#4EC5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5E5
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -23.43, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 34.77, 227.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0886 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.114 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2452, 47.2053, 81.2622)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5E5 #E56E4E

analogous

#4EE5B9 #4EC5E5 #4E7AE5

triadic

#4EC5E5 #E54EC5 #C5E54E

tetradic

#4EC5E5 #B94EE5 #E56E4E #7AE54E

square

#4EC5E5 #B94EE5 #E56E4E #7AE54E

split-complementary

#4EC5E5 #E54E7A #E5B94E

monochromatic

#1884A1 #1FB0D6 #4EC5E5 #83D6ED #B9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4EC5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#4EC5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5E5

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5E5	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)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ed',
    500: '#4ec5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5e5;
$custom-light: #90d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5E5

secondary

#E4B7AA

accent

#390FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5E5

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

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