#4DCBE5#4DCBE5

#4DCBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.115 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DCBE5
RGB	rgb(77, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -26.58, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 35.20, 220.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0951 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.115 214)
XYZ	xyz(38.5535, 49.9425, 81.7216)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4DCBE5 #E5674D

analogous

#4DE5B3 #4DCBE5 #4D7FE5

triadic

#4DCBE5 #E54DCB #CBE54D

tetradic

#4DCBE5 #B34DE5 #E5674D #7FE54D

square

#4DCBE5 #B34DE5 #E5674D #7FE54D

split-complementary

#4DCBE5 #E54D7F #E5B34D

monochromatic

#1789A0 #1FB6D6 #4DCBE5 #82DBED #B8EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#4DCBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#4DCBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DCBE5

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DCBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DCBE5	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dcbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.115 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbed',
    500: '#4dcbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dcbe5;
$custom-light: #90dbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dcbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.49947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DCBE5

secondary

#E4B4AA

accent

#5737F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DCBE5

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

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