#4DBDE8#4DBDE8

#4DBDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DBDE8
RGB	rgb(77, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -18.55, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 35.90, 238.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0801 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.118 227)
XYZ	xyz(35.8178, 43.7953, 82.8939)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DBDE8 #E8784D

analogous

#4DE8C5 #4DBDE8 #4D6FE8

triadic

#4DBDE8 #E84DBD #BDE84D

tetradic

#4DBDE8 #C54DE8 #E8784D #6FE84D

square

#4DBDE8 #C54DE8 #E8784D #6FE84D

split-complementary

#4DBDE8 #E84D6F #E8C54D

monochromatic

#157DA5 #1CA6DB #4DBDE8 #83D1EF #B9E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#4DBDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#4DBDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DBDE8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DBDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DBDE8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4dbde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ef',
    500: '#4dbde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4dbde8;
$custom-light: #8fd1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4dbde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.43799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DBDE8

secondary

#E6BBAB

accent

#450CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DBDE8

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

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