#4DB4E1#4DB4E1

#4DB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4E1
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -16.03, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 35.22, 242.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0735 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.115 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.9671, 39.6530, 77.1359)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4E1 #E17A4D

analogous

#4DE1C4 #4DB4E1 #4D6AE1

triadic

#4DB4E1 #E14DB4 #B4E14D

tetradic

#4DB4E1 #C44DE1 #E17A4D #6AE14D

square

#4DB4E1 #C44DE1 #E17A4D #6AE14D

split-complementary

#4DB4E1 #E14D6A #E1C44D

monochromatic

#1A739A #239ACE #4DB4E1 #81CAEA #B6E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4DB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4E1

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4E1	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaea',
    500: '#4db4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4e1;
$custom-light: #8ecaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4E1

secondary

#E2BAA8

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4E1

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

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