#4DB1E1#4DB1E1

#4DB1E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB1E1
RGB	rgb(77, 177, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -14.43, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.74, 246.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0705 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.116 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3680, 38.4549, 76.9363)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB1E1 #E17D4D

analogous

#4DE1C7 #4DB1E1 #4D67E1

triadic

#4DB1E1 #E14DB1 #B1E14D

tetradic

#4DB1E1 #C74DE1 #E17D4D #67E14D

square

#4DB1E1 #C74DE1 #E17D4D #67E14D

split-complementary

#4DB1E1 #E14D67 #E1C74D

monochromatic

#1A709A #2397CE #4DB1E1 #81C8EA #B6DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4DB1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4DB1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB1E1

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB1E1	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 177, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8ea',
    500: '#4db1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db1e1;
$custom-light: #8ec8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB1E1

secondary

#E2BBA8

accent

#743AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB1E1

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

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