#4DB2DC#4DB2DC

#4DB2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2DC
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -16.55, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 34.10, 240.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0733 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.111 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8941, 38.5825, 73.4626)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2DC #DC774D

analogous

#4DDCBE #4DB2DC #4D6ADC

triadic

#4DB2DC #DC4DB2 #B2DC4D

tetradic

#4DB2DC #BE4DDC #DC774D #6ADC4D

square

#4DB2DC #BE4DDC #DC774D #6ADC4D

split-complementary

#4DB2DC #DC4D6A #DCBE4D

monochromatic

#1D6F92 #2797C5 #4DB2DC #80C8E6 #B3DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4DB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2DC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2DC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e7',
    500: '#4db2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2dc;
$custom-light: #8dc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2DC

secondary

#DFB7A6

accent

#703EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2DC

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

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