#4DB7DE#4DB7DE

#4DB7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7DE
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -18.55, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.05, 236.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0777 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.111 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1736, 40.7151, 75.2036)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7DE #DE744D

analogous

#4DDEBC #4DB7DE #4D6EDE

triadic

#4DB7DE #DE4DB7 #B7DE4D

tetradic

#4DB7DE #BC4DDE #DE744D #6EDE4D

square

#4DB7DE #BC4DDE #DE744D #6EDE4D

split-complementary

#4DB7DE #DE4D6E #DEBC4D

monochromatic

#1C7495 #259DC9 #4DB7DE #81CCE8 #B4E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4DB7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7DE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7DE	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)

#A2B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce8',
    500: '#4db7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7de;
$custom-light: #8ecce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7DE

secondary

#E0B6A7

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7DE

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

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