#4DB3E4#4DB3E4

#4DB3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3E4
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -14.55, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 36.30, 246.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0715 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.118 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1788, 39.4159, 79.2432)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3E4 #E47E4D

analogous

#4DE4C9 #4DB3E4 #4D68E4

triadic

#4DB3E4 #E44DB3 #B3E44D

tetradic

#4DB3E4 #C94DE4 #E47E4D #68E44D

square

#4DB3E4 #C94DE4 #E47E4D #68E44D

split-complementary

#4DB3E4 #E44D68 #E4C94D

monochromatic

#18739F #2099D4 #4DB3E4 #82CAEC #B7E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4DB3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3E4

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3E4	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9ec',
    500: '#4db3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3e4;
$custom-light: #8ec9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3E4

secondary

#E4BCA9

accent

#7337F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3E4

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

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