#4DC8E5#4DC8E5

#4DC8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC8E5
RGB	rgb(77, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -25.08, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.00, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0921 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.114 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8518, 48.5393, 81.4877)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC8E5 #E56A4D

analogous

#4DE5B6 #4DC8E5 #4D7CE5

triadic

#4DC8E5 #E54DC8 #C8E54D

tetradic

#4DC8E5 #B64DE5 #E56A4D #7CE54D

square

#4DC8E5 #B64DE5 #E56A4D #7CE54D

split-complementary

#4DC8E5 #E54D7C #E5B64D

monochromatic

#1786A0 #1FB3D6 #4DC8E5 #82D9ED #B8E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4DC8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4DC8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC8E5

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC8E5	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ed',
    500: '#4dc8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc8e5;
$custom-light: #90d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.447,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77593,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC8E5

secondary

#E4B5AA

accent

#5A37F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC8E5

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

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