#4DB4E0#4DB4E0

#4DB4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4E0
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -16.35, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 34.93, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0739 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.114 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8310, 39.5986, 76.4196)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4E0 #E0794D

analogous

#4DE0C3 #4DB4E0 #4D6BE0

triadic

#4DB4E0 #E04DB4 #B4E04D

tetradic

#4DB4E0 #C34DE0 #E0794D #6BE04D

square

#4DB4E0 #C34DE0 #E0794D #6BE04D

split-complementary

#4DB4E0 #E04D6B #E0C34D

monochromatic

#1A7398 #249ACC #4DB4E0 #81CAE9 #B5E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4DB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4E0

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4E0	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae9',
    500: '#4db4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4e0;
$custom-light: #8ecae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4E0

secondary

#E1B9A8

accent

#703BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4E0

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

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