#4DB8E3#4DB8E3

#4DB8E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8E3
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -17.51, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 35.21, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0769 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.115 228)
XYZ	xyz(34.0607, 41.4011, 78.8543)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8E3 #E3784D

analogous

#4DE3C3 #4DB8E3 #4D6DE3

triadic

#4DB8E3 #E34DB8 #B8E34D

tetradic

#4DB8E3 #C34DE3 #E3784D #6DE34D

square

#4DB8E3 #C34DE3 #E3784D #6DE34D

split-complementary

#4DB8E3 #E34D6D #E3C34D

monochromatic

#19779D #219FD2 #4DB8E3 #82CDEB #B7E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4DB8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#4DB8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8E3

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8E3	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdec',
    500: '#4db8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8e3;
$custom-light: #8fcdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8E3

secondary

#E3B9A9

accent

#6D38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8E3

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

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