#4DB4CD#4DB4CD

#4DB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4CD
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -22.21, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 30.93, 224.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.081 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.101 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3968, 38.6249, 63.5992)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4CD #CD664D

analogous

#4DCDA6 #4DB4CD #4D74CD

triadic

#4DB4CD #CD4DB4 #B4CD4D

tetradic

#4DB4CD #A64DCD #CD664D #74CD4D

square

#4DB4CD #A64DCD #CD664D #74CD4D

split-complementary

#4DB4CD #CD4D74 #CDA64D

monochromatic

#236B7D #3094AC #4DB4CD #7DC8DA #ADDCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4DB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4DB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4CD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4CD	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)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccadc',
    500: '#4db4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4cd;
$custom-light: #8ccadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4CD

secondary

#D6ABA0

accent

#6648DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4CD

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

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