#4ec9f5

Color #4ec9f5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4ec9f5

RGB

rgb(78, 201, 245)

HSL

hsl(195.8, 89.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.8, 68.2%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.2%, 18%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(76.06, -20.54, -31.64)

LCH

lch(76.06, 37.72, 237.01)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.1239, 225.59)

HWB

hwb(195.8, 30.6%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f57a4e

Analogous

#4ef5cd

#4ec9f5

#4e75f5

Triadic

#4ec9f5

#f54ec9

#c9f54e

Split-complementary

#4ec9f5

#f54e75

#f5cd4e

Tetradic

#4ec9f5

#7a4ef5

#f57a4e

#c9f54e

Square

#4ec9f5

#cd4ef5

#f57a4e

#75f54e

Shades

Color #4ec9f5 mixed toward black.

#1bb9f2

#0c99cc

#097399

#064d66

#032633

Tints

Color #4ec9f5 mixed toward white.

#6bd2f7

#89dbf8

#a6e4fa

#c4edfc

#e1f6fd

Tones

Color #4ec9f5 mixed toward gray.

#5cc2e7

#6abcd9

#78b5cb

#86afbd

#93a8af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495eb · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#8d83e9 · ΔE 29

Tritanopia

#5ae3e2 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ec9f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ec9f5]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#4ec9f5 (#4ec9f5) is rgb(78, 201, 245) in RGB.

No, #4ec9f5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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