#4DC5EC#4DC5EC

#4DC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC5EC
RGB	rgb(77, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -21.43, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 36.16, 233.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0865 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.119 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1610, 47.5622, 86.5099)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC5EC #EC744D

analogous

#4DECC4 #4DC5EC #4D76EC

triadic

#4DC5EC #EC4DC5 #C5EC4D

tetradic

#4DC5EC #C44DEC #EC744D #76EC4D

square

#4DC5EC #C44DEC #EC744D #76EC4D

split-complementary

#4DC5EC #EC4D76 #ECC44D

monochromatic

#1286AC #18B2E4 #4DC5EC #84D7F2 #BCE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4DC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#4DC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC5EC

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC5EC	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6f2',
    500: '#4dc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc5ec;
$custom-light: #90d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC5EC

secondary

#E8BBAD

accent

#3D08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC5EC

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

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