#4DB8E4#4DB8E4

#4DB8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.116 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8E4
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -17.19, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 35.47, 241.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0765 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.116 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1991, 41.4565, 79.5833)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8E4 #E4794D

analogous

#4DE4C4 #4DB8E4 #4D6DE4

triadic

#4DB8E4 #E44DB8 #B8E44D

tetradic

#4DB8E4 #C44DE4 #E4794D #6DE44D

square

#4DB8E4 #C44DE4 #E4794D #6DE44D

split-complementary

#4DB8E4 #E44D6D #E4C44D

monochromatic

#18779F #209FD4 #4DB8E4 #82CDEC #B7E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4DB8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4DB8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8E4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8E4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.116 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdec',
    500: '#4db8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8e4;
$custom-light: #8fcdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8E4

secondary

#E4BAA9

accent

#6D37F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8E4

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

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