#4EC5E7#4EC5E7

#4EC5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5E7
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -22.82, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 35.09, 229.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0879 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.115 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5260, 47.3176, 82.7413)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5E7 #E7704E

analogous

#4EE7BC #4EC5E7 #4E79E7

triadic

#4EC5E7 #E74EC5 #C5E74E

tetradic

#4EC5E7 #BC4EE7 #E7704E #79E74E

square

#4EC5E7 #BC4EE7 #E7704E #79E74E

split-complementary

#4EC5E7 #E74E79 #E7BC4E

monochromatic

#1685A4 #1EB0DA #4EC5E7 #84D7EE #BAE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4EC5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#4EC5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5E7

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5E7	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ee',
    500: '#4ec5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5e7;
$custom-light: #90d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77005,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5E7

secondary

#E5B8AB

accent

#3A0DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5E7

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

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