#4DC5E1#4DC5E1

#4DC5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC5E1
RGB	rgb(77, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -24.79, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 34.35, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0907 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.112 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6118, 46.9425, 78.3509)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC5E1 #E1694D

analogous

#4DE1B3 #4DC5E1 #4D7BE1

triadic

#4DC5E1 #E14DC5 #C5E14D

tetradic

#4DC5E1 #B34DE1 #E1694D #7BE14D

square

#4DC5E1 #B34DE1 #E1694D #7BE14D

split-complementary

#4DC5E1 #E14D7B #E1B34D

monochromatic

#1A829A #23AECE #4DC5E1 #81D6EA #B6E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4DC5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#4DC5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC5E1

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC5E1	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ea',
    500: '#4dc5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc5e1;
$custom-light: #8fd6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76735,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC5E1

secondary

#E2B3A8

accent

#5C3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC5E1

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

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