#4CC9EE#4CC9EE

#4CC9EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CC9EE
RGB	rgb(76, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -22.99, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 36.51, 230.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0902 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.12 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2934, 49.4784, 88.3518)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CC9EE #EE714C

analogous

#4CEEC2 #4CC9EE #4C78EE

triadic

#4CC9EE #EE4CC9 #C9EE4C

tetradic

#4CC9EE #C24CEE #EE714C #78EE4C

square

#4CC9EE #C24CEE #EE714C #78EE4C

split-complementary

#4CC9EE #EE4C78 #EEC24C

monochromatic

#118BAF #16B7E7 #4CC9EE #84DAF3 #BCEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4CC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#4CC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CC9EE

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CC9EE	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cc9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f3',
    500: '#4cc9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cc9ee;
$custom-light: #91d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cc9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.704,
    "s": 82.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78161,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CC9EE

secondary

#E9BBAD

accent

#3806DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CC9EE

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

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