#4DB6E1#4DB6E1

#4DB6E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6E1
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -17.09, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 34.93, 240.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0756 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.114 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3737, 40.4663, 77.2715)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6E1 #E1784D

analogous

#4DE1C2 #4DB6E1 #4D6CE1

triadic

#4DB6E1 #E14DB6 #B6E14D

tetradic

#4DB6E1 #C24DE1 #E1784D #6CE14D

square

#4DB6E1 #C24DE1 #E1784D #6CE14D

split-complementary

#4DB6E1 #E14D6C #E1C24D

monochromatic

#1A759A #239CCE #4DB6E1 #81CBEA #B6E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4DB6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4DB6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6E1

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6E1	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccea',
    500: '#4db6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6e1;
$custom-light: #8eccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6E1

secondary

#E2B9A8

accent

#6E3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6E1

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

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