#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
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -16.87, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.79, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0749 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.113 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0336, 40.0038, 76.4871)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4DB5E0	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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