#4DC8E1#4DC8E1

#4DC8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC8E1
RGB	rgb(77, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -26.28, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 34.57, 220.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0937 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.113 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2998, 48.3185, 78.5802)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC8E1 #E1664D

analogous

#4DE1B0 #4DC8E1 #4D7EE1

triadic

#4DC8E1 #E14DC8 #C8E14D

tetradic

#4DC8E1 #B04DE1 #E1664D #7EE14D

square

#4DC8E1 #B04DE1 #E1664D #7EE14D

split-complementary

#4DC8E1 #E14D7E #E1B04D

monochromatic

#1A849A #23B1CE #4DC8E1 #81D8EA #B6E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4DC8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4DC8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC8E1

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC8E1	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ea',
    500: '#4dc8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc8e1;
$custom-light: #8fd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77436,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC8E1

secondary

#E2B2A8

accent

#583AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC8E1

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

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