#4DB5E1#4DB5E1

#4DB5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5E1
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -16.56, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 35.07, 241.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0746 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.114 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1697, 40.0582, 77.2035)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5E1 #E1794D

analogous

#4DE1C3 #4DB5E1 #4D6BE1

triadic

#4DB5E1 #E14DB5 #B5E14D

tetradic

#4DB5E1 #C34DE1 #E1794D #6BE14D

square

#4DB5E1 #C34DE1 #E1794D #6BE14D

split-complementary

#4DB5E1 #E14D6B #E1C34D

monochromatic

#1A749A #239BCE #4DB5E1 #81CBEA #B6E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4DB5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4DB5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5E1

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5E1	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbea',
    500: '#4db5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5e1;
$custom-light: #8ecbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5E1

secondary

#E2B9A8

accent

#6F3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5E1

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

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