#4EC6E9#4EC6E9

#4EC6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC6E9
RGB	rgb(78, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -22.71, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 35.43, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0881 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.116 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0379, 47.8869, 84.3134)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC6E9 #E9714E

analogous

#4EE9BE #4EC6E9 #4E78E9

triadic

#4EC6E9 #E94EC6 #C6E94E

tetradic

#4EC6E9 #BE4EE9 #E9714E #78E94E

square

#4EC6E9 #BE4EE9 #E9714E #78E94E

split-complementary

#4EC6E9 #E94E78 #E9BE4E

monochromatic

#1587A8 #1CB2DE #4EC6E9 #84D8F0 #BBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4EC6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#4EC6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC6E9

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC6E9	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7f0',
    500: '#4ec6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec6e9;
$custom-light: #91d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77318,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC6E9

secondary

#E7B9AC

accent

#3A0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC6E9

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

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