#4DB9ED#4DB9ED

#4DB9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9ED
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -14.87, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 37.96, 246.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0744 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.123 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6896, 42.3862, 86.4048)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9ED #ED814D

analogous

#4DEDD1 #4DB9ED #4D69ED

triadic

#4DB9ED #ED4DB9 #B9ED4D

tetradic

#4DB9ED #D14DED #ED814D #69ED4D

square

#4DB9ED #D14DED #ED814D #69ED4D

split-complementary

#4DB9ED #ED4D69 #EDD14D

monochromatic

#127BAE #17A3E6 #4DB9ED #85CFF3 #BCE5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4DB9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#4DB9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9ED

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9ED	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cef3',
    500: '#4db9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9ed;
$custom-light: #90cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.5,
    "s": 81.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9ED

secondary

#E9C0AD

accent

#4D07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9ED

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

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