#4EC9EF#4EC9EF

#4EC9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC9EF
RGB	rgb(78, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -22.40, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 36.45, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0889 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.12 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6022, 49.6206, 89.1352)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC9EF #EF744E

analogous

#4EEFC4 #4EC9EF #4E79EF

triadic

#4EC9EF #EF4EC9 #C9EF4E

tetradic

#4EC9EF #C44EEF #EF744E #79EF4E

square

#4EC9EF #C44EEF #EF744E #79EF4E

split-complementary

#4EC9EF #EF4E79 #EFC44E

monochromatic

#108CB2 #16B8EA #4EC9EF #86DAF4 #BEEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#4EC9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#4EC9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC9EF

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC9EF	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f4',
    500: '#4ec9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec9ef;
$custom-light: #91d9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 83.42,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC9EF

secondary

#EABDAF

accent

#3906E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC9EF

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

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