#4DB5E3#4DB5E3

#4DB5E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5E3
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -15.93, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 35.64, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0738 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.116 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4441, 40.1680, 78.6488)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5E3 #E37B4D

analogous

#4DE3C6 #4DB5E3 #4D6AE3

triadic

#4DB5E3 #E34DB5 #B5E34D

tetradic

#4DB5E3 #C64DE3 #E37B4D #6AE34D

square

#4DB5E3 #C64DE3 #E37B4D #6AE34D

split-complementary

#4DB5E3 #E34D6A #E3C64D

monochromatic

#19749D #219CD2 #4DB5E3 #82CBEB #B7E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4DB5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5E3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5E3	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbec',
    500: '#4db5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5e3;
$custom-light: #8ecbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5E3

secondary

#E3BBA9

accent

#7038F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5E3

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

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