#4DB3E0#4DB3E0

#4DB3E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3E0
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -15.82, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 35.08, 243.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0729 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.114 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6299, 39.1963, 76.3526)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3E0 #E07A4D

analogous

#4DE0C3 #4DB3E0 #4D6AE0

triadic

#4DB3E0 #E04DB3 #B3E04D

tetradic

#4DB3E0 #C34DE0 #E07A4D #6AE04D

square

#4DB3E0 #C34DE0 #E07A4D #6AE04D

split-complementary

#4DB3E0 #E04D6A #E0C34D

monochromatic

#1A7298 #2499CC #4DB3E0 #81C9E9 #B5E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB3E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4DB3E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3E0

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3E0	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e9',
    500: '#4db3e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3e0;
$custom-light: #8ec9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3E0

secondary

#E1B9A8

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3E0

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

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