#4DB2DD#4DB2DD

#4DB2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB2DD
RGB	rgb(77, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -16.23, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.38, 241.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0729 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.112 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0269, 38.6356, 74.1622)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB2DD #DD784D

analogous

#4DDDC0 #4DB2DD #4D6ADD

triadic

#4DB2DD #DD4DB2 #B2DD4D

tetradic

#4DB2DD #C04DDD #DD784D #6ADD4D

square

#4DB2DD #C04DDD #DD784D #6ADD4D

split-complementary

#4DB2DD #DD4D6A #DDC04D

monochromatic

#1C7093 #2697C7 #4DB2DD #80C8E7 #B4DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4DB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB2DD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB2DD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9e7',
    500: '#4db2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db2dd;
$custom-light: #8ec9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB2DD

secondary

#DFB7A6

accent

#713DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB2DD

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

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