#4DB8ED#4DB8ED

#4DB8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4DB8ED
RGBrgb(77, 184, 237)
HSLhsl(200, 82%, 62%)
HSVhsv(200, 68%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.85, -14.34, -35.37)
CIE-LCHlch(70.85, 38.17, 247.94°)
OKLaboklab(74.24% -0.0734 -0.0993)
OKLCHoklch(74.24% 0.123 233.5)
XYZxyz(35.4811, 41.9693, 86.3353)
Luminance0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4DB8ED #ED824D
analogous
#4DEDD2 #4DB8ED #4D68ED
triadic
#4DB8ED #ED4DB8 #B8ED4D
tetradic
#4DB8ED #D24DED #ED824D #68ED4D
square
#4DB8ED #D24DED #ED824D #68ED4D
split-complementary
#4DB8ED #ED4D68 #EDD24D
monochromatic
#127AAE #17A1E6 #4DB8ED #85CEF3 #BCE4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#4DB8ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39
#4DB8ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8ED
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4DB8ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4DB8ED1.002.249.399.39
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3921.001.001.00
##0000009.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB6F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A6EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4db8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 233.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdf3',
    500: '#4db8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4db8ed;
$custom-light: #90cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4db8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.875,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4DB8ED
secondary
#E9C1AD
accent
#4F07DE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8ED

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#4DB8ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva