#4EC6ED#4EC6ED

#4EC6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC6ED
RGB	rgb(78, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -21.49, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 36.19, 233.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0866 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.119 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6158, 48.1180, 87.3569)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC6ED #ED754E

analogous

#4EEDC5 #4EC6ED #4E77ED

triadic

#4EC6ED #ED4EC6 #C6ED4E

tetradic

#4EC6ED #C54EED #ED754E #77ED4E

square

#4EC6ED #C54EED #ED754E #77ED4E

split-complementary

#4EC6ED #ED4E77 #EDC54E

monochromatic

#1288AF #17B4E6 #4EC6ED #86D8F3 #BDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4EC6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#4EC6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC6ED

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC6ED	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7f3',
    500: '#4ec6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec6ed;
$custom-light: #91d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC6ED

secondary

#E9BCAE

accent

#3C08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC6ED

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

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