#4EC8E5#4EC8E5

#4EC8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8E5
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -24.93, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 34.86, 224.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0916 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.114 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9332, 48.5812, 81.4915)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8E5 #E56B4E

analogous

#4EE5B6 #4EC8E5 #4E7DE5

triadic

#4EC8E5 #E54EC8 #C8E54E

tetradic

#4EC8E5 #B64EE5 #E56B4E #7DE54E

square

#4EC8E5 #B64EE5 #E56B4E #7DE54E

split-complementary

#4EC8E5 #E54E7D #E5B64E

monochromatic

#1887A1 #1FB3D6 #4EC8E5 #83D9ED #B9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#4EC8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8E5

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8E5	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ed',
    500: '#4ec8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8e5;
$custom-light: #90d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77622,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8E5

secondary

#E4B6AA

accent

#350FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8E5

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

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