#4DC9E3#4DC9E3

#4DC9E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9E3
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -26.18, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 34.84, 221.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0939 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.114 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8066, 48.8929, 80.1029)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9E3 #E3674D

analogous

#4DE3B2 #4DC9E3 #4D7EE3

triadic

#4DC9E3 #E34DC9 #C9E34D

tetradic

#4DC9E3 #B24DE3 #E3674D #7EE34D

square

#4DC9E3 #B24DE3 #E3674D #7EE34D

split-complementary

#4DC9E3 #E34D7E #E3B24D

monochromatic

#19869D #21B3D2 #4DC9E3 #82D9EB #B7E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4DC9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#4DC9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9E3

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9E3	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9eb',
    500: '#4dc9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9e3;
$custom-light: #90d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77748,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9E3

secondary

#E3B3A9

accent

#5838F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9E3

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

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