#4EC9EA#4EC9EA

#4EC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9EA
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -23.92, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 35.59, 227.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0907 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.117 219)
XYZ	xyz(38.8737, 49.3292, 85.2987)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9EA #EA6F4E

analogous

#4EEABD #4EC9EA #4E7BEA

triadic

#4EC9EA #EA4EC9 #C9EA4E

tetradic

#4EC9EA #BD4EEA #EA6F4E #7BEA4E

square

#4EC9EA #BD4EEA #EA6F4E #7BEA4E

split-complementary

#4EC9EA #EA4E7B #EABD4E

monochromatic

#148AA9 #1BB6E0 #4EC9EA #85DAF0 #BBEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4EC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#4EC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9EA

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9EA	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f0',
    500: '#4ec9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ea;
$custom-light: #91d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78054,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.49334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9EA

secondary

#E7B9AD

accent

#370ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9EA

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

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