#4DB8EA#4DB8EA

#4DB8EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8EA
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -15.29, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 37.22, 245.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0744 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.121 232)
XYZ	xyz(35.0465, 41.7955, 84.0463)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8EA #EA7F4D

analogous

#4DEACD #4DB8EA #4D69EA

triadic

#4DB8EA #EA4DB8 #B8EA4D

tetradic

#4DB8EA #CD4DEA #EA7F4D #69EA4D

square

#4DB8EA #CD4DEA #EA7F4D #69EA4D

split-complementary

#4DB8EA #EA4D69 #EACD4D

monochromatic

#1479A9 #1AA1DF #4DB8EA #84CEF0 #BAE4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4DB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#4DB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8EA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8EA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdf1',
    500: '#4db8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ea;
$custom-light: #8fcdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.108,
    "s": 78.894,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.41799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8EA

secondary

#E7BFAC

accent

#4D0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8EA

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

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