#4DB3D8#4DB3D8

#4DB3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB3D8
RGB	rgb(77, 179, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -18.32, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 32.97, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0758 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.108 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5704, 38.7725, 70.7725)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB3D8 #D8724D

analogous

#4DD8B7 #4DB3D8 #4D6ED8

triadic

#4DB3D8 #D84DB3 #B3D84D

tetradic

#4DB3D8 #B74DD8 #D8724D #6ED84D

square

#4DB3D8 #B74DD8 #D8724D #6ED84D

split-complementary

#4DB3D8 #D84D6E #D8B74D

monochromatic

#1F6F8C #2A97BE #4DB3D8 #7FC8E3 #B1DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4DB3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4DB3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB3D8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB3D8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 179, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9e4',
    500: '#4db3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db3d8;
$custom-light: #8dc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB3D8

secondary

#DCB3A4

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB3D8

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

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