#4DB9EC#4DB9EC

#4DB9EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9EC
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -15.19, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 37.65, 246.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0747 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.122 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5439, 42.3280, 85.6375)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9EC #EC804D

analogous

#4DECD0 #4DB9EC #4D6AEC

triadic

#4DB9EC #EC4DB9 #B9EC4D

tetradic

#4DB9EC #D04DEC #EC804D #6AEC4D

square

#4DB9EC #D04DEC #EC804D #6AEC4D

split-complementary

#4DB9EC #EC4D6A #ECD04D

monochromatic

#127BAC #18A2E4 #4DB9EC #84CFF2 #BCE4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4DB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#4DB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9EC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9EC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cef2',
    500: '#4db9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9ec;
$custom-light: #90cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9EC

secondary

#E8C0AD

accent

#4D08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9EC

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

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