#4ECAE9#4ECAE9

#4ECAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4ECAE9
RGB	rgb(78, 202, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -24.73, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 35.46, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0921 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.116 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9643, 49.7396, 84.6222)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4ECAE9 #E96D4E

analogous

#4EE9BA #4ECAE9 #4E7CE9

triadic

#4ECAE9 #E94ECA #CAE94E

tetradic

#4ECAE9 #BA4EE9 #E96D4E #7CE94E

square

#4ECAE9 #BA4EE9 #E96D4E #7CE94E

split-complementary

#4ECAE9 #E94E7C #E9BA4E

monochromatic

#158AA8 #1CB7DE #4ECAE9 #84DAF0 #BBEBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#4ECAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#4ECAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4ECAE9

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4ECAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4ECAE9	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ecae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 202, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91daf0',
    500: '#4ecae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ecae9;
$custom-light: #91daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ecae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78246,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4ECAE9

secondary

#E7B8AC

accent

#350BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4ECAE9

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

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