#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
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -14.34, -35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 38.17, 247.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0734 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.123 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4811, 41.9693, 86.3353)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4DB8ED	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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