#4EC5EC#4EC5EC

#4EC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.118 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5EC
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -21.28, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 36.04, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.086 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.118 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2423, 47.6041, 86.5137)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5EC #EC754E

analogous

#4EECC4 #4EC5EC #4E76EC

triadic

#4EC5EC #EC4EC5 #C5EC4E

tetradic

#4EC5EC #C44EEC #EC754E #76EC4E

square

#4EC5EC #C44EEC #EC754E #76EC4E

split-complementary

#4EC5EC #EC4E76 #ECC44E

monochromatic

#1387AD #19B2E4 #4EC5EC #85D7F2 #BDE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4EC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#4EC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5EC

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5EC	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.118 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6f2',
    500: '#4ec5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ec;
$custom-light: #91d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5EC

secondary

#E8BCAE

accent

#3D09DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5EC

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

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