#4DB2DE#4DB2DE

#4DB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2DE
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -15.92, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 34.66, 242.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0726 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.113 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1606, 38.6891, 74.8659)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2DE #DE794D

analogous

#4DDEC1 #4DB2DE #4D69DE

triadic

#4DB2DE #DE4DB2 #B2DE4D

tetradic

#4DB2DE #C14DDE #DE794D #69DE4D

square

#4DB2DE #C14DDE #DE794D #69DE4D

split-complementary

#4DB2DE #DE4D69 #DEC14D

monochromatic

#1C7095 #2597C9 #4DB2DE #81C8E8 #B4DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4DB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4DB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2DE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2DE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e8',
    500: '#4db2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2de;
$custom-light: #8ec9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2DE

secondary

#E0B8A7

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2DE

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

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