#4DB3E1#4DB3E1

#4DB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3E1
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -15.50, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 35.38, 244.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0725 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.115 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7659, 39.2507, 77.0689)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3E1 #E17B4D

analogous

#4DE1C5 #4DB3E1 #4D69E1

triadic

#4DB3E1 #E14DB3 #B3E14D

tetradic

#4DB3E1 #C54DE1 #E17B4D #69E14D

square

#4DB3E1 #C54DE1 #E17B4D #69E14D

split-complementary

#4DB3E1 #E14D69 #E1C54D

monochromatic

#1A729A #2399CE #4DB3E1 #81C9EA #B6E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4DB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3E1

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3E1	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ea',
    500: '#4db3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3e1;
$custom-light: #8ec9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72557,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3E1

secondary

#E2BAA8

accent

#723AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3E1

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

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