#4DBCE8#4DBCE8

#4DBCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBCE8
RGB	rgb(77, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -18.03, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 36.02, 239.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0791 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.118 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6034, 43.3665, 82.8225)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBCE8 #E8794D

analogous

#4DE8C6 #4DBCE8 #4D6FE8

triadic

#4DBCE8 #E84DBC #BCE84D

tetradic

#4DBCE8 #C64DE8 #E8794D #6FE84D

square

#4DBCE8 #C64DE8 #E8794D #6FE84D

split-complementary

#4DBCE8 #E84D6F #E8C64D

monochromatic

#157CA5 #1CA5DB #4DBCE8 #83D0EF #B9E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4DBCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#4DBCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBCE8

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBCE8	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ef',
    500: '#4dbce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbce8;
$custom-light: #8fd0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBCE8

secondary

#E6BCAB

accent

#460CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBCE8

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

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