#4DB3DE#4DB3DE

#4DB3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3DE
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -16.45, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 34.51, 241.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0736 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.112 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3603, 39.0885, 74.9325)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3DE #DE784D

analogous

#4DDEC0 #4DB3DE #4D6ADE

triadic

#4DB3DE #DE4DB3 #B3DE4D

tetradic

#4DB3DE #C04DDE #DE784D #6ADE4D

square

#4DB3DE #C04DDE #DE784D #6ADE4D

split-complementary

#4DB3DE #DE4D6A #DEC04D

monochromatic

#1C7195 #2598C9 #4DB3DE #81C9E8 #B4DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4DB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3DE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3DE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e8',
    500: '#4db3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3de;
$custom-light: #8ec9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3DE

secondary

#E0B8A7

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3DE

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

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