#4CC9E6#4CC9E6

#4CC9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CC9E6
RGB	rgb(76, 201, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -25.43, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 35.30, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0933 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.116 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1441, 49.0187, 82.2988)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CC9E6 #E6694C

analogous

#4CE6B6 #4CC9E6 #4C7CE6

triadic

#4CC9E6 #E64CC9 #C9E64C

tetradic

#4CC9E6 #B64CE6 #E6694C #7CE64C

square

#4CC9E6 #B64CE6 #E6694C #7CE64C

split-complementary

#4CC9E6 #E64C7C #E6B64C

monochromatic

#1787A1 #1EB4D7 #4CC9E6 #82D9ED #B7E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4CC9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#4CC9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CC9E6

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CC9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CC9E6	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cc9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 201, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ee',
    500: '#4cc9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cc9e6;
$custom-light: #90d9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cc9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CC9E6

secondary

#E5B4A9

accent

#5936F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CC9E6

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

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