#4DB6DE#4DB6DE

#4DB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6DE
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -18.03, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 34.15, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0766 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.112 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9681, 40.3041, 75.1351)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6DE #DE754D

analogous

#4DDEBD #4DB6DE #4D6DDE

triadic

#4DB6DE #DE4DB6 #B6DE4D

tetradic

#4DB6DE #BD4DDE #DE754D #6DDE4D

square

#4DB6DE #BD4DDE #DE754D #6DDE4D

split-complementary

#4DB6DE #DE4D6D #DEBD4D

monochromatic

#1C7395 #259CC9 #4DB6DE #81CBE8 #B4E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4DB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6DE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6DE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce8',
    500: '#4db6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6de;
$custom-light: #8ecce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6DE

secondary

#E0B7A7

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6DE

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

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