#4DC4E6#4DC4E6

#4DC4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC4E6
RGB	rgb(77, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -22.77, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 35.06, 229.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0878 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.115 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0776, 46.7667, 81.9204)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC4E6 #E66F4D

analogous

#4DE6BB #4DC4E6 #4D78E6

triadic

#4DC4E6 #E64DC4 #C4E64D

tetradic

#4DC4E6 #BB4DE6 #E66F4D #78E64D

square

#4DC4E6 #BB4DE6 #E66F4D #78E64D

split-complementary

#4DC4E6 #E64D78 #E6BB4D

monochromatic

#1783A2 #1EAED8 #4DC4E6 #83D6EE #B8E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4DC4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4DC4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC4E6

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC4E6	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6ee',
    500: '#4dc4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc4e6;
$custom-light: #90d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC4E6

secondary

#E5B7AA

accent

#3B0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC4E6

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

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