#4EC8E4#4EC8E4

#4EC8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8E4
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -25.23, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 34.74, 223.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.092 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.114 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7940, 48.5255, 80.7583)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8E4 #E46A4E

analogous

#4EE4B5 #4EC8E4 #4E7DE4

triadic

#4EC8E4 #E44EC8 #C8E44E

tetradic

#4EC8E4 #B54EE4 #E46A4E #7DE44E

square

#4EC8E4 #B54EE4 #E46A4E #7DE44E

split-complementary

#4EC8E4 #E44E7D #E4B54E

monochromatic

#18869F #20B3D4 #4EC8E4 #83D8EC #B8E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4EC8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8E4

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8E4	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ec',
    500: '#4ec8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8e4;
$custom-light: #90d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77582,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8E4

secondary

#E4B5AA

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8E4

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

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