#4DB5E4#4DB5E4

#4DB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5E4
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -15.61, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 35.93, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0735 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.117 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.5825, 40.2234, 79.3778)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5E4 #E47C4D

analogous

#4DE4C7 #4DB5E4 #4D6AE4

triadic

#4DB5E4 #E44DB5 #B5E44D

tetradic

#4DB5E4 #C74DE4 #E47C4D #6AE44D

square

#4DB5E4 #C74DE4 #E47C4D #6AE44D

split-complementary

#4DB5E4 #E44D6A #E4C74D

monochromatic

#18759F #209CD4 #4DB5E4 #82CBEC #B7E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4DB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5E4

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5E4	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbec',
    500: '#4db5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5e4;
$custom-light: #8fcbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5E4

secondary

#E4BBA9

accent

#7137F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5E4

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

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