#4DB8DE#4DB8DE

#4DB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8DE
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -19.07, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 33.97, 235.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0787 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3806, 41.1291, 75.2726)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8DE #DE734D

analogous

#4DDEBB #4DB8DE #4D6FDE

triadic

#4DB8DE #DE4DB8 #B8DE4D

tetradic

#4DB8DE #BB4DDE #DE734D #6FDE4D

square

#4DB8DE #BB4DDE #DE734D #6FDE4D

split-complementary

#4DB8DE #DE4D6F #DEBB4D

monochromatic

#1C7595 #259EC9 #4DB8DE #81CDE8 #B4E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4DB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#4DB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8DE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8DE	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde8',
    500: '#4db8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8de;
$custom-light: #8ecde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73583,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8DE

secondary

#E0B6A7

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8DE

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

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