#4DB9E1#4DB9E1

#4DB9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9E1
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -18.66, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 34.59, 237.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0786 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.113 226)
XYZ	xyz(33.9947, 41.7083, 77.4785)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9E1 #E1754D

analogous

#4DE1BF #4DB9E1 #4D6FE1

triadic

#4DB9E1 #E14DB9 #B9E14D

tetradic

#4DB9E1 #BF4DE1 #E1754D #6FE14D

square

#4DB9E1 #BF4DE1 #E1754D #6FE14D

split-complementary

#4DB9E1 #E14D6F #E1BF4D

monochromatic

#1A779A #23A0CE #4DB9E1 #81CEEA #B6E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4DB9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#4DB9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9E1

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9E1	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eceea',
    500: '#4db9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9e1;
$custom-light: #8eceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.41712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9E1

secondary

#E2B8A8

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9E1

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

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