#4DBCE9#4DBCE9

#4DBCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBCE9
RGB	rgb(77, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -17.72, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 36.29, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0787 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.119 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7459, 43.4235, 83.5727)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBCE9 #E97A4D

analogous

#4DE9C8 #4DBCE9 #4D6EE9

triadic

#4DBCE9 #E94DBC #BCE94D

tetradic

#4DBCE9 #C84DE9 #E97A4D #6EE94D

square

#4DBCE9 #C84DE9 #E97A4D #6EE94D

split-complementary

#4DBCE9 #E94D6E #E9C84D

monochromatic

#157DA7 #1BA5DD #4DBCE9 #83D1F0 #BAE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#4DBCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#4DBCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBCE9

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBCE9	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0f0',
    500: '#4dbce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbce9;
$custom-light: #90d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBCE9

secondary

#E6BCAB

accent

#470BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBCE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →