#4DB4E3#4DB4E3

#4DB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4E3
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -15.40, -32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 35.81, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0728 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.116 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2415, 39.7628, 78.5813)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4E3 #E37C4D

analogous

#4DE3C7 #4DB4E3 #4D69E3

triadic

#4DB4E3 #E34DB4 #B4E34D

tetradic

#4DB4E3 #C74DE3 #E37C4D #69E34D

square

#4DB4E3 #C74DE3 #E37C4D #69E34D

split-complementary

#4DB4E3 #E34D69 #E3C74D

monochromatic

#19739D #219AD2 #4DB4E3 #82CAEB #B7E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4DB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4E3

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4E3	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecaec',
    500: '#4db4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4e3;
$custom-light: #8ecaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.8,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72876,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4E3

secondary

#E3BBA9

accent

#7238F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4E3

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

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