#4EC9E3#4EC9E3

#4EC9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9E3
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -26.03, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 34.70, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0934 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.113 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8879, 48.9349, 80.1068)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9E3 #E3684E

analogous

#4EE3B3 #4EC9E3 #4E7EE3

triadic

#4EC9E3 #E34EC9 #C9E34E

tetradic

#4EC9E3 #B34EE3 #E3684E #7EE34E

square

#4EC9E3 #B34EE3 #E3684E #7EE34E

split-complementary

#4EC9E3 #E34E7E #E3B34E

monochromatic

#19879E #21B4D3 #4EC9E3 #83D9EB #B8E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4EC9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#4EC9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9E3

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9E3	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9eb',
    500: '#4ec9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9e3;
$custom-light: #90d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77776,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9E3

secondary

#E3B4AA

accent

#5838EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9E3

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

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