#4DB4E2#4DB4E2

#4DB4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4E2
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -15.71, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 35.51, 243.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0732 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.115 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1039, 39.7077, 77.8565)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4E2 #E27B4D

analogous

#4DE2C5 #4DB4E2 #4D6AE2

triadic

#4DB4E2 #E24DB4 #B4E24D

tetradic

#4DB4E2 #C54DE2 #E27B4D #6AE24D

square

#4DB4E2 #C54DE2 #E27B4D #6AE24D

split-complementary

#4DB4E2 #E24D6A #E2C54D

monochromatic

#19739B #229AD0 #4DB4E2 #82CAEB #B6E0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4DB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4E2

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4E2	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaeb',
    500: '#4db4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4e2;
$custom-light: #8ecaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4E2

secondary

#E2BAA8

accent

#7139EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4E2

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

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