#4DCAE5#4DCAE5

#4DCAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DCAE5
RGB	rgb(77, 202, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -26.08, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 35.12, 222.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0941 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.115 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3181, 49.4717, 81.6431)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DCAE5 #E5684D

analogous

#4DE5B4 #4DCAE5 #4D7EE5

triadic

#4DCAE5 #E54DCA #CAE54D

tetradic

#4DCAE5 #B44DE5 #E5684D #7EE54D

square

#4DCAE5 #B44DE5 #E5684D #7EE54D

split-complementary

#4DCAE5 #E54D7E #E5B44D

monochromatic

#1788A0 #1FB5D6 #4DCAE5 #82DAED #B8EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#4DCAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#4DCAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DCAE5

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DCAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DCAE5	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dcae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 202, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90daed',
    500: '#4dcae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dcae5;
$custom-light: #90daed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dcae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DCAE5

secondary

#E4B4AA

accent

#5837F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DCAE5

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

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