#4DBDE6#4DBDE6

#4DBDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBDE6
RGB	rgb(77, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -19.18, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 35.41, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0808 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.116 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5353, 43.6823, 81.4063)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBDE6 #E6764D

analogous

#4DE6C2 #4DBDE6 #4D71E6

triadic

#4DBDE6 #E64DBD #BDE64D

tetradic

#4DBDE6 #C24DE6 #E6764D #71E64D

square

#4DBDE6 #C24DE6 #E6764D #71E64D

split-complementary

#4DBDE6 #E64D71 #E6C24D

monochromatic

#177DA2 #1EA6D8 #4DBDE6 #83D1EE #B8E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#4DBDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#4DBDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBDE6

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBDE6	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ee',
    500: '#4dbde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbde6;
$custom-light: #8fd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBDE6

secondary

#E5BAAA

accent

#440ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBDE6

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

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