#4EC6EC#4EC6EC

#4EC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC6EC
RGB	rgb(78, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -21.79, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 35.99, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.087 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.118 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4701, 48.0598, 86.5896)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC6EC #EC744E

analogous

#4EECC3 #4EC6EC #4E77EC

triadic

#4EC6EC #EC4EC6 #C6EC4E

tetradic

#4EC6EC #C34EEC #EC744E #77EC4E

square

#4EC6EC #C34EEC #EC744E #77EC4E

split-complementary

#4EC6EC #EC4E77 #ECC34E

monochromatic

#1388AD #19B3E4 #4EC6EC #85D8F2 #BDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4EC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#4EC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC6EC

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC6EC	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7f2',
    500: '#4ec6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec6ec;
$custom-light: #91d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.43,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77442,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC6EC

secondary

#E8BCAE

accent

#3C09DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC6EC

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

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