#4DB4D8#4DB4D8

#4DB4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4D8
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -18.85, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 32.89, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0768 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.108 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7715, 39.1748, 70.8395)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4D8 #D8714D

analogous

#4DD8B7 #4DB4D8 #4D6ED8

triadic

#4DB4D8 #D84DB4 #B4D84D

tetradic

#4DB4D8 #B74DD8 #D8714D #6ED84D

square

#4DB4D8 #B74DD8 #D8714D #6ED84D

split-complementary

#4DB4D8 #D84D6E #D8B74D

monochromatic

#1F708C #2A98BE #4DB4D8 #7FC9E3 #B1DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4DB4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4D8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4D8	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae4',
    500: '#4db4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4d8;
$custom-light: #8dcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4D8

secondary

#DCB3A4

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4D8

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

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