#4EC5ED#4EC5ED

#4EC5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5ED
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -20.98, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 36.25, 234.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0856 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.119 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.3880, 47.6624, 87.2810)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5ED #ED764E

analogous

#4EEDC5 #4EC5ED #4E76ED

triadic

#4EC5ED #ED4EC5 #C5ED4E

tetradic

#4EC5ED #C54EED #ED764E #76ED4E

square

#4EC5ED #C54EED #ED764E #76ED4E

split-complementary

#4EC5ED #ED4E76 #EDC54E

monochromatic

#1287AF #17B2E6 #4EC5ED #86D7F3 #BDE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#4EC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5ED

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5ED	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6f3',
    500: '#4ec5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ed;
$custom-light: #91d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77253,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.47667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5ED

secondary

#E9BDAE

accent

#3E08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5ED

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

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