#4CC5E9#4CC5E9

#4CC5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CC5E9
RGB	rgb(76, 197, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -22.50, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 35.70, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0882 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.117 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6487, 47.3480, 84.2299)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CC5E9 #E9704C

analogous

#4CE9BE #4CC5E9 #4C76E9

triadic

#4CC5E9 #E94CC5 #C5E94C

tetradic

#4CC5E9 #BE4CE9 #E9704C #76E94C

square

#4CC5E9 #BE4CE9 #E9704C #76E94C

split-complementary

#4CC5E9 #E94C76 #E9BE4C

monochromatic

#1485A6 #1BB0DD #4CC5E9 #83D7F0 #B9E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4CC5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#4CC5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CC5E9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CC5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CC5E9	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cc5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 197, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f0',
    500: '#4cc5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cc5e9;
$custom-light: #90d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cc5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.758,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CC5E9

secondary

#E6B8AB

accent

#3B0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CC5E9

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

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