#4DB4DE#4DB4DE

#4DB4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4DE
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -16.98, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 34.38, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0746 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.112 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5614, 39.4908, 74.9995)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4DE #DE774D

analogous

#4DDEBF #4DB4DE #4D6BDE

triadic

#4DB4DE #DE4DB4 #B4DE4D

tetradic

#4DB4DE #BF4DDE #DE774D #6BDE4D

square

#4DB4DE #BF4DDE #DE774D #6BDE4D

split-complementary

#4DB4DE #DE4D6B #DEBF4D

monochromatic

#1C7295 #2599C9 #4DB4DE #81CAE8 #B4E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4DB4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4DE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4DE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae8',
    500: '#4db4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4de;
$custom-light: #8ecae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4DE

secondary

#E0B7A7

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4DE

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

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