#4EC5E8#4EC5E8

#4EC5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5E8
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -22.51, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.27, 230.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0875 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.116 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6677, 47.3743, 83.4873)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5E8 #E8714E

analogous

#4EE8BE #4EC5E8 #4E78E8

triadic

#4EC5E8 #E84EC5 #C5E84E

tetradic

#4EC5E8 #BE4EE8 #E8714E #78E84E

square

#4EC5E8 #BE4EE8 #E8714E #78E84E

split-complementary

#4EC5E8 #E84E78 #E8BE4E

monochromatic

#1685A6 #1DB1DC #4EC5E8 #84D7EF #BAE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4EC5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#4EC5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5E8

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5E8	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ef',
    500: '#4ec5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5e8;
$custom-light: #90d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5E8

secondary

#E6B9AC

accent

#3B0CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5E8

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

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