#4DB3E2#4DB3E2

#4DB3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3E2
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.18, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 35.68, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0722 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.116 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9027, 39.3055, 77.7894)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3E2 #E27C4D

analogous

#4DE2C7 #4DB3E2 #4D69E2

triadic

#4DB3E2 #E24DB3 #B3E24D

tetradic

#4DB3E2 #C74DE2 #E27C4D #69E24D

square

#4DB3E2 #C74DE2 #E27C4D #69E24D

split-complementary

#4DB3E2 #E24D69 #E2C74D

monochromatic

#19729B #2299D0 #4DB3E2 #82C9EB #B6E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4DB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3E2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3E2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9eb',
    500: '#4db3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3e2;
$custom-light: #8ec9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72601,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3E2

secondary

#E2BBA8

accent

#7239EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3E2

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

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