#4EC8E9#4EC8E9

#4EC8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC8E9
RGB	rgb(78, 200, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -23.72, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 35.42, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0901 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.116 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4981, 48.8072, 84.4668)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC8E9 #E96F4E

analogous

#4EE9BC #4EC8E9 #4E7AE9

triadic

#4EC8E9 #E94EC8 #C8E94E

tetradic

#4EC8E9 #BC4EE9 #E96F4E #7AE94E

square

#4EC8E9 #BC4EE9 #E96F4E #7AE94E

split-complementary

#4EC8E9 #E94E7A #E9BC4E

monochromatic

#1588A8 #1CB5DE #4EC8E9 #84D9F0 #BBEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4EC8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#4EC8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC8E9

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC8E9	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 200, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f0',
    500: '#4ec8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec8e9;
$custom-light: #91d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.774,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77782,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC8E9

secondary

#E7B9AC

accent

#370BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC8E9

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

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