#4DB2E1#4DB2E1

#4DB2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2E1
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -14.97, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 35.55, 245.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0715 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.115 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5662, 38.8513, 77.0023)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2E1 #E17C4D

analogous

#4DE1C6 #4DB2E1 #4D68E1

triadic

#4DB2E1 #E14DB2 #B2E14D

tetradic

#4DB2E1 #C64DE1 #E17C4D #68E14D

square

#4DB2E1 #C64DE1 #E17C4D #68E14D

split-complementary

#4DB2E1 #E14D68 #E1C64D

monochromatic

#1A719A #2398CE #4DB2E1 #81C9EA #B6DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4DB2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2E1

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2E1	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4db2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2E1

secondary

#E2BAA8

accent

#733AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2E1

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

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