#4DB5E0#4DB5E0

#4DB5E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4DB5E0
RGBrgb(77, 181, 224)
HSLhsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSVhsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.47, -16.87, -30.42)
CIE-LCHlch(69.47, 34.79, 240.99°)
OKLaboklab(72.97% -0.0749 -0.0851)
OKLCHoklch(72.97% 0.113 228.6)
XYZxyz(33.0336, 40.0038, 76.4871)
Luminance0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4DB5E0 #E0784D
analogous
#4DE0C2 #4DB5E0 #4D6CE0
triadic
#4DB5E0 #E04DB5 #B5E04D
tetradic
#4DB5E0 #C24DE0 #E0784D #6CE04D
square
#4DB5E0 #C24DE0 #E0784D #6CE04D
split-complementary
#4DB5E0 #E04D6C #E0C24D
monochromatic
#1A7398 #249BCC #4DB5E0 #81CBE9 #B5E0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#4DB5E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#4DB5E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5E0
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4DB5E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4DB5E01.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB2E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA3DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4db5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 228.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe9',
    500: '#4db5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4db5e0;
$custom-light: #8ecbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4db5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4DB5E0
secondary
#E1B8A8
accent
#6F3BED
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5E0

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#4DB5E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva