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Color#c4fffergb(196, 255, 254) · cyan

#c4fffe color

Values, variations, harmonies, an accessible palette and ready-to-paste CSS for #c4fffe.

Color values

The same color written in every notation you are likely to need. Click any row to copy it.

What HEX means

#c4fffe packs three channels into hexadecimal pairs from 00 to FF: c4 red, ff green, fe blue.

What RGB means

Red 196, green 255, blue 254 — each from 0 to 255. It is the same color as the hex above, just in decimal.

What HSL means

Hue 179° (cyan), saturation 100%, lightness 88%. HSL is handy when you want the same hue a little lighter or less saturated.

Why OKLCH

OKLCH is a perceptual space — changing its lightness (96.0%) matches how your eye reads brightness far better than HSL, which is why the palette below is generated in it.

Accessibility & contrast

WCAG requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text at level AA. Use this to decide whether white or black text belongs on this color.

AaThis text is readable
White text1.1:1
AA AAA AA Large
AaThis text is readable
Black text19.08:1
AA AAA AA Large

Closest accessible alternative

Nudged in lightness to reach 4.5:1 while keeping the hue as close as possible.

Aa

For white text

#48807f

4.5:1

UI preview

How this color behaves in a real interface, not just as a square.

Badge

A paragraph with a themed link inside it.

Information

An alert accented with this color.

Progress

Tints & shades

A tint mixes the color toward white; a shade mixes it toward black. Click any swatch to open it.

Color harmonies

Schemes built by rotating the hue around the color wheel — the starting point for a coherent palette.

Complementary

Opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast.

Analogous

Neighbours on the wheel — calm and cohesive.

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart — vivid but balanced.

Split complementary

Softer than a straight complement.

Tetradic

Four hues — enough for a design system.

Palette generator

A Tailwind-style 50–950 ramp anchored on this color at step 500, generated in OKLCH so the steps feel evenly spaced.

:root {
  --primary-50: #ebfbfb;
  --primary-100: #dbf2f2;
  --primary-200: #bfe1e0;
  --primary-300: #9fcbca;
  --primary-400: #79adac;
  --primary-500: #c4fffe;
  --primary-600: #3c7272;
  --primary-700: #295c5c;
  --primary-800: #1b4949;
  --primary-900: #143b3b;
  --primary-950: #092121;
}

Gradient

A linear blend from this color to its complement, with the CSS ready to paste.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4fffe, #ffc2c3);

Nearest named colors

The closest matches from a corpus of about 31,900 named colours, ranked by ΔE (CIEDE2000) — a measure of how different two colours look. ΔE under 1 is nearly indistinguishable; around 10 is clearly different.

CSS code

Every common way to use this color in a stylesheet or a component.

color: #c4fffe;
background-color: #c4fffe;
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4fffe;
}
color: rgb(196 255 254);
color: oklch(96% 0.0591 194.91);
<div class="bg-[#c4fffe]">…</div>