#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
RGBrgb(78, 201, 227)
HSLhsl(190, 73%, 60%)
HSVhsv(190, 66%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(75.41, -26.03, -22.95)
CIE-LCHlch(75.41, 34.70, 221.39°)
OKLaboklab(77.78% -0.0934 -0.0638)
OKLCHoklch(77.78% 0.113 214.3)
XYZxyz(37.8879, 48.9349, 80.1068)
Luminance0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4EC9E31.001.9510.7910.79
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7921.001.001.00
##00000010.7921.001.001.00

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

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#4EC9E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva