#4DB8E2#4DB8E2

#4DB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8E2
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -17.82, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 34.94, 239.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0772 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.114 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9230, 41.3461, 78.1296)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8E2 #E2774D

analogous

#4DE2C2 #4DB8E2 #4D6EE2

triadic

#4DB8E2 #E24DB8 #B8E24D

tetradic

#4DB8E2 #C24DE2 #E2774D #6EE24D

square

#4DB8E2 #C24DE2 #E2774D #6EE24D

split-complementary

#4DB8E2 #E24D6E #E2C24D

monochromatic

#19779B #229FD0 #4DB8E2 #82CDEB #B6E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4DB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#4DB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8E2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8E2	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdeb',
    500: '#4db8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8e2;
$custom-light: #8ecdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8E2

secondary

#E2B9A8

accent

#6C39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8E2

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

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