#4DC9EC#4DC9EC

#4DC9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.118 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DC9EC
RGB	rgb(77, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -23.46, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 36.03, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0905 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.118 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0813, 49.4028, 86.8166)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DC9EC #EC704D

analogous

#4DECC0 #4DC9EC #4D7AEC

triadic

#4DC9EC #EC4DC9 #C9EC4D

tetradic

#4DC9EC #C04DEC #EC704D #7AEC4D

square

#4DC9EC #C04DEC #EC704D #7AEC4D

split-complementary

#4DC9EC #EC4D7A #ECC04D

monochromatic

#128AAC #18B7E4 #4DC9EC #84DAF2 #BCEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4DC9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#4DC9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DC9EC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DC9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DC9EC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dc9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.118 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9f2',
    500: '#4dc9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dc9ec;
$custom-light: #91d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dc9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.208,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DC9EC

secondary

#E8BAAD

accent

#3708DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DC9EC

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

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