#4DB2E2#4DB2E2

#4DB2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2E2
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -14.65, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 35.86, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0712 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.116 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7030, 38.9061, 77.7229)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2E2 #E27D4D

analogous

#4DE2C8 #4DB2E2 #4D68E2

triadic

#4DB2E2 #E24DB2 #B2E24D

tetradic

#4DB2E2 #C84DE2 #E27D4D #68E24D

square

#4DB2E2 #C84DE2 #E27D4D #68E24D

split-complementary

#4DB2E2 #E24D68 #E2C84D

monochromatic

#19719B #2298D0 #4DB2E2 #82C9EB #B6E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4DB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2E2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2E2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9eb',
    500: '#4db2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2e2;
$custom-light: #8ec9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2E2

secondary

#E2BBA8

accent

#7439EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2E2

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

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