#4DB6E8#4DB6E8

#4DB6E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6E8
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -14.87, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 36.98, 246.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0731 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.12 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3483, 40.8562, 82.4041)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6E8 #E87F4D

analogous

#4DE8CC #4DB6E8 #4D68E8

triadic

#4DB6E8 #E84DB6 #B6E84D

tetradic

#4DB6E8 #CC4DE8 #E87F4D #68E84D

square

#4DB6E8 #CC4DE8 #E87F4D #68E84D

split-complementary

#4DB6E8 #E84D68 #E8CC4D

monochromatic

#1577A5 #1C9EDB #4DB6E8 #83CCEF #B9E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4DB6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6E8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6E8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbef',
    500: '#4db6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6e8;
$custom-light: #8fcbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73559,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6E8

secondary

#E6BEAB

accent

#4E0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6E8

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

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