#4DB9E2#4DB9E2

#4DB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9E2
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -18.34, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 34.83, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0782 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.114 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1315, 41.7630, 78.1990)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9E2 #E2764D

analogous

#4DE2C1 #4DB9E2 #4D6FE2

triadic

#4DB9E2 #E24DB9 #B9E24D

tetradic

#4DB9E2 #C14DE2 #E2764D #6FE24D

square

#4DB9E2 #C14DE2 #E2764D #6FE24D

split-complementary

#4DB9E2 #E24D6F #E2C14D

monochromatic

#19789B #22A0D0 #4DB9E2 #82CEEB #B6E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4DB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#4DB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9E2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9E2	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceeb',
    500: '#4db9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9e2;
$custom-light: #8fceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9E2

secondary

#E2B8A8

accent

#6B39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9E2

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

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