#4DC8EC#4DC8EC

#4DC8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC8EC
RGB	rgb(77, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -22.96, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 36.05, 230.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0895 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.118 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8490, 48.9381, 86.7392)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC8EC #EC714D

analogous

#4DECC1 #4DC8EC #4D79EC

triadic

#4DC8EC #EC4DC8 #C8EC4D

tetradic

#4DC8EC #C14DEC #EC714D #79EC4D

square

#4DC8EC #C14DEC #EC714D #79EC4D

split-complementary

#4DC8EC #EC4D79 #ECC14D

monochromatic

#1289AC #18B6E4 #4DC8EC #84D9F2 #BCEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4DC8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#4DC8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC8EC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC8EC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f2',
    500: '#4dc8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc8ec;
$custom-light: #91d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC8EC

secondary

#E8BAAD

accent

#3908DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC8EC

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

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