#4CC9E4#4CC9E4

#4CC9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CC9E4
RGB	rgb(76, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -26.03, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 35.08, 222.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.094 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.115 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8649, 48.9070, 80.8282)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CC9E4 #E4674C

analogous

#4CE4B3 #4CC9E4 #4C7DE4

triadic

#4CC9E4 #E44CC9 #C9E44C

tetradic

#4CC9E4 #B34CE4 #E4674C #7DE44C

square

#4CC9E4 #B34CE4 #E4674C #7DE44C

split-complementary

#4CC9E4 #E44C7D #E4B34C

monochromatic

#18869E #20B3D3 #4CC9E4 #81D9EC #B6E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4CC9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#4CC9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CC9E4

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CC9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CC9E4	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cc9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ec',
    500: '#4cc9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cc9e4;
$custom-light: #8fd9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cc9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77759,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CC9E4

secondary

#E3B3A8

accent

#5837F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CC9E4

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

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