#4ECAE5#4ECAE5

#4ECAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ECAE5
RGB	rgb(78, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -25.93, -23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 34.98, 222.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0936 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.114 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3994, 49.5137, 81.6469)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ECAE5 #E5694E

analogous

#4EE5B4 #4ECAE5 #4E7FE5

triadic

#4ECAE5 #E54ECA #CAE54E

tetradic

#4ECAE5 #B44EE5 #E5694E #7FE54E

square

#4ECAE5 #B44EE5 #E5694E #7FE54E

split-complementary

#4ECAE5 #E54E7F #E5B44E

monochromatic

#1888A1 #1FB6D6 #4ECAE5 #83DAED #B9EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4ECAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#4ECAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ECAE5

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ECAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ECAE5	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ecae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90daed',
    500: '#4ecae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ecae5;
$custom-light: #90daed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ecae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ECAE5

secondary

#E4B5AA

accent

#330FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ECAE5

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

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