#4DB5DE#4DB5DE

#4DB5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5DE
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -17.50, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 34.26, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0756 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.112 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7640, 39.8960, 75.0671)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5DE #DE764D

analogous

#4DDEBF #4DB5DE #4D6CDE

triadic

#4DB5DE #DE4DB5 #B5DE4D

tetradic

#4DB5DE #BF4DDE #DE764D #6CDE4D

square

#4DB5DE #BF4DDE #DE764D #6CDE4D

split-complementary

#4DB5DE #DE4D6C #DEBF4D

monochromatic

#1C7395 #259AC9 #4DB5DE #81CAE8 #B4E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4DB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4DB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5DE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5DE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe8',
    500: '#4db5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5de;
$custom-light: #8ecbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5DE

secondary

#E0B7A7

accent

#6E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5DE

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

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