#4DB8EC#4DB8EC

#4DB8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8EC
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -14.66, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 37.85, 247.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0737 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.123 233)
XYZ	xyz(35.3354, 41.9110, 85.5680)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8EC #EC814D

analogous

#4DECD1 #4DB8EC #4D69EC

triadic

#4DB8EC #EC4DB8 #B8EC4D

tetradic

#4DB8EC #D14DEC #EC814D #69EC4D

square

#4DB8EC #D14DEC #EC814D #69EC4D

split-complementary

#4DB8EC #EC4D69 #ECD14D

monochromatic

#127AAC #18A1E4 #4DB8EC #84CEF2 #BCE4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4DB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#4DB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8EC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8EC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdf2',
    500: '#4db8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ec;
$custom-light: #90cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.623,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74197,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8EC

secondary

#E8C0AD

accent

#4E08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8EC

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

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