#4DC8EE#4DC8EE

#4DC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC8EE
RGB	rgb(77, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -22.34, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 36.42, 232.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0888 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.12 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1412, 49.0550, 88.2781)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC8EE #EE734D

analogous

#4DEEC3 #4DC8EE #4D78EE

triadic

#4DC8EE #EE4DC8 #C8EE4D

tetradic

#4DC8EE #C34DEE #EE734D #78EE4D

square

#4DC8EE #C34DEE #EE734D #78EE4D

split-complementary

#4DC8EE #EE4D78 #EEC34D

monochromatic

#118AB0 #16B6E8 #4DC8EE #85D9F3 #BDEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4DC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#4DC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC8EE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC8EE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d8f3',
    500: '#4dc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc8ee;
$custom-light: #91d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 82.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC8EE

secondary

#E9BCAE

accent

#3A07DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC8EE

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

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