#4DBAE6#4DBAE6

#4DBAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBAE6
RGB	rgb(77, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -17.61, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 35.75, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0778 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.117 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8967, 42.4050, 81.1934)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBAE6 #E6794D

analogous

#4DE6C5 #4DBAE6 #4D6DE6

triadic

#4DBAE6 #E64DBA #BAE64D

tetradic

#4DBAE6 #C54DE6 #E6794D #6DE64D

square

#4DBAE6 #C54DE6 #E6794D #6DE64D

split-complementary

#4DBAE6 #E64D6D #E6C54D

monochromatic

#177AA2 #1EA2D8 #4DBAE6 #83CFEE #B8E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4DBAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#4DBAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBAE6

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBAE6	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fceee',
    500: '#4dbae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbae6;
$custom-light: #8fceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBAE6

secondary

#E5BBAA

accent

#480ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBAE6

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

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