#4DB5EA#4DB5EA

#4DB5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5EA
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -13.70, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 37.83, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0714 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.122 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4299, 40.5623, 83.8407)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5EA #EA824D

analogous

#4DEAD0 #4DB5EA #4D66EA

triadic

#4DB5EA #EA4DB5 #B5EA4D

tetradic

#4DB5EA #D04DEA #EA824D #66EA4D

square

#4DB5EA #D04DEA #EA824D #66EA4D

split-complementary

#4DB5EA #EA4D66 #EAD04D

monochromatic

#1476A9 #1A9DDF #4DB5EA #84CCF0 #BAE3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4DB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5EA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5EA	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbf1',
    500: '#4db5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5ea;
$custom-light: #8fcbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.255,
    "s": 78.894,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5EA

secondary

#E7C0AC

accent

#510ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5EA

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

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