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#04f7eb

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Cyan

RGB
4, 247, 235
HSL
177°, 97%, 49%
CMYK
98, 0, 5, 3
Luminance
0.7255

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #04f7eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#04f7eb
Hue
177°
cyan
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
49%
balanced
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7255
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
86/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.51:1
Closest name
Cyan
ΔE2000 4.2
Where it sits
Hue177° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness49%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool86% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#04f7eb
RGBrgb(4, 247, 235)
HSLhsl(177, 97%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 5%, 3%)
LABlab(88.2 -50.3 -8.0)
LCHlch(88.2 50.9 189.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.880 0.152 188.5)
Decimal325611
Display P3color(display-p3 0.016 0.969 0.922)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #04f7eb;
background-color: #04f7eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#04f7eb] bg-[#04f7eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #04f7eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.016, green: 0.969, blue: 0.922)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#04f7eb")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF04F7EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 247, 4)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #04f7eb · 15.51:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.35:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.51:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #04f7eb as text scores 1.35:1 on white and 15.51:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#04f7eb on white: 1.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#04f7eb on black: 15.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #E8E9EB
deuteranopia · #CDD5ED
tritanopia · #00FEF3

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #04f7eb is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDFD
#E4FCFB
#C1FBF8
#91FDF8
#59FCF4
#22FBF1
#04f7eb
#03C9BF
#03A199
#07746E
#044845
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F1FDFDDarkest = 950 · #044845
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDFD;
  --brand-100: #E4FCFB;
  --brand-200: #C1FBF8;
  --brand-300: #91FDF8;
  --brand-400: #59FCF4;
  --brand-500: #22FBF1;
  --brand-600: #04f7eb;
  --brand-700: #03C9BF;
  --brand-800: #03A199;
  --brand-900: #07746E;
  --brand-950: #044845;
  --brand: #04f7eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #04f7eb

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDEA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B97
Captions on the surface
Accent#FB004B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027D77
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFFD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142424
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #04f7eb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F70410
Analogous left#04F771
Analogous right#048AF7
Split-complement 1#F7048A
Split-complement 2#F77104
Triadic 1#EB04F7
Triadic 2#F7EB04
Tetradic#7104F7

RGB percentages

Red1.6%
Green96.9%
Blue92.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan98.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow4.9%
Key (black)3.1%

Color previews

#04f7eb text on a black background

contrast 15.51:1

Card sample

#04f7eb text on a white background

contrast 1.35:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #04f7eb;
Background color
Panel with #04f7eb background
background-color: #04f7eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #04f7eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(4, 247, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(4, 247, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #04f7eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04f7eb, #0461F7);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #04f7eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#04f7eb in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#04f7eb, answered

What color is #04f7eb?

#04f7eb is a balanced electric cyan, closest to Cyan (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 177° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 49% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #04f7eb?

rgb(4, 247, 235) — 4 red, 247 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 1.6% / 96.9% / 92.2% by channel.

Is #04f7eb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7255 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 15.51:1.

Should I use black or white text on #04f7eb?

Black. It scores 15.51:1 against #04f7eb, versus 1.35:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #04f7eb?

#F70410 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F7048A and #F77104, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #04f7eb?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDEA for borders, #4B9B97 for secondary text, #FB004B as an accent and #027D77 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #04F771 and #048AF7 stays calm, while #F70410 is the loudest partner.

What is #04f7eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(98%, 0%, 5%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #04f7eb warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 86 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #04F792; nudged cooler, #02C5F9.

Work with #04f7eb in the Color Lab