#4DB9DE#4DB9DE

#4DB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9DE
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -19.59, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 33.90, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0797 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.111 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5890, 41.5460, 75.3421)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9DE #DE724D

analogous

#4DDEBA #4DB9DE #4D70DE

triadic

#4DB9DE #DE4DB9 #B9DE4D

tetradic

#4DB9DE #BA4DDE #DE724D #70DE4D

square

#4DB9DE #BA4DDE #DE724D #70DE4D

split-complementary

#4DB9DE #DE4D70 #DEBA4D

monochromatic

#1C7695 #259FC9 #4DB9DE #81CDE8 #B4E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4DB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4DB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9DE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9DE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee8',
    500: '#4db9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9de;
$custom-light: #8ecee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9DE

secondary

#E0B5A7

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9DE

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

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