#4DB7E0#4DB7E0

#4DB7E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7E0
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -17.92, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.54, 238.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0769 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.4432, 40.8230, 76.6237)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7E0 #E0764D

analogous

#4DE0C0 #4DB7E0 #4D6EE0

triadic

#4DB7E0 #E04DB7 #B7E04D

tetradic

#4DB7E0 #C04DE0 #E0764D #6EE04D

square

#4DB7E0 #C04DE0 #E0764D #6EE04D

split-complementary

#4DB7E0 #E04D6E #E0C04D

monochromatic

#1A7598 #249DCC #4DB7E0 #81CCE9 #B5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB7E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4DB7E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7E0

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7E0	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)

#A1B4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce9',
    500: '#4db7e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7e0;
$custom-light: #8ecce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7E0

secondary

#E1B8A8

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7E0

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

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