#4EC8E6#4EC8E6

#4EC8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8E6
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -24.63, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 34.99, 225.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0913 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.115 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0732, 48.6372, 82.2290)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8E6 #E66C4E

analogous

#4EE6B8 #4EC8E6 #4E7CE6

triadic

#4EC8E6 #E64EC8 #C8E64E

tetradic

#4EC8E6 #B84EE6 #E66C4E #7CE64E

square

#4EC8E6 #B84EE6 #E66C4E #7CE64E

split-complementary

#4EC8E6 #E64E7C #E6B84E

monochromatic

#1787A3 #1FB4D8 #4EC8E6 #84D9EE #B9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4EC8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#4EC8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8E6

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8E6	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ee',
    500: '#4ec8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8e6;
$custom-light: #90d9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77661,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8E6

secondary

#E5B6AB

accent

#360ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8E6

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

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