#4DB4CC#4DB4CC

#4DB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4CC
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -22.51, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 30.80, 223.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0814 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.1 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2765, 38.5768, 62.9655)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4CC #CC654D

analogous

#4DCCA5 #4DB4CC #4D74CC

triadic

#4DB4CC #CC4DB4 #B4CC4D

tetradic

#4DB4CC #A54DCC #CC654D #74CC4D

square

#4DB4CC #A54DCC #CC654D #74CC4D

split-complementary

#4DB4CC #CC4D74 #CCA54D

monochromatic

#236B7B #3194AB #4DB4CC #7DC8DA #ACDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4DB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4CC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4CC	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)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadb',
    500: '#4db4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4cc;
$custom-light: #8ccadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4CC

secondary

#D5AAA0

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4CC

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

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