#4DB5EC#4DB5EC

#4DB5EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5EC
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -13.05, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 38.51, 250.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0708 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.124 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7188, 40.6779, 85.3625)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5EC #EC844D

analogous

#4DECD4 #4DB5EC #4D66EC

triadic

#4DB5EC #EC4DB5 #B5EC4D

tetradic

#4DB5EC #D44DEC #EC844D #66EC4D

square

#4DB5EC #D44DEC #EC844D #66EC4D

split-complementary

#4DB5EC #EC4D66 #ECD44D

monochromatic

#1277AC #189DE4 #4DB5EC #84CCF2 #BCE3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4DB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5EC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5EC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbf2',
    500: '#4db5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5ec;
$custom-light: #90cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.755,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5EC

secondary

#E8C1AD

accent

#5208DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5EC

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

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