#4DB7E1#4DB7E1

#4DB7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7E1
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -17.61, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 34.80, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0766 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.114 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5792, 40.8774, 77.3400)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7E1 #E1774D

analogous

#4DE1C1 #4DB7E1 #4D6DE1

triadic

#4DB7E1 #E14DB7 #B7E14D

tetradic

#4DB7E1 #C14DE1 #E1774D #6DE14D

square

#4DB7E1 #C14DE1 #E1774D #6DE14D

split-complementary

#4DB7E1 #E14D6D #E1C14D

monochromatic

#1A759A #239DCE #4DB7E1 #81CCEA #B6E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4DB7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7E1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7E1	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eccea',
    500: '#4db7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7e1;
$custom-light: #8eccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7E1

secondary

#E2B8A8

accent

#6D3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7E1

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

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