#4EC6E5#4EC6E5

#4EC6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC6E5
RGB	rgb(78, 198, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -23.93, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 34.79, 226.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0896 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.114 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4730, 47.6609, 81.3381)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC6E5 #E56D4E

analogous

#4EE5B9 #4EC6E5 #4E7AE5

triadic

#4EC6E5 #E54EC6 #C6E54E

tetradic

#4EC6E5 #B94EE5 #E56D4E #7AE54E

square

#4EC6E5 #B94EE5 #E56D4E #7AE54E

split-complementary

#4EC6E5 #E54E7A #E5B94E

monochromatic

#1885A1 #1FB1D6 #4EC6E5 #83D7ED #B9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#4EC6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC6E5

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC6E5	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)

#B2C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 198, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7ed',
    500: '#4ec6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec6e5;
$custom-light: #90d7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.318,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC6E5

secondary

#E4B6AA

accent

#380FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC6E5

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

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