#4DBCDE#4DBCDE

#4DBCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBCDE
RGB	rgb(77, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -21.14, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 33.76, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0827 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.111 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2233, 42.8145, 75.5535)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBCDE #DE6F4D

analogous

#4DDEB7 #4DBCDE #4D73DE

triadic

#4DBCDE #DE4DBC #BCDE4D

tetradic

#4DBCDE #B74DDE #DE6F4D #73DE4D

square

#4DBCDE #B74DDE #DE6F4D #73DE4D

split-complementary

#4DBCDE #DE4D73 #DEB74D

monochromatic

#1C7995 #25A2C9 #4DBCDE #81CFE8 #B4E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#4DBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#4DBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBCDE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBCDE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0e8',
    500: '#4dbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbcde;
$custom-light: #8ed0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBCDE

secondary

#E0B4A7

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBCDE

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

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