#4DB4D9#4DB4D9

#4DB4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4D9
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -18.54, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 33.12, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0764 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.108 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9012, 39.2267, 71.5225)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4D9 #D9724D

analogous

#4DD9B8 #4DB4D9 #4D6ED9

triadic

#4DB4D9 #D94DB4 #B4D94D

tetradic

#4DB4D9 #B84DD9 #D9724D #6ED94D

square

#4DB4D9 #B84DD9 #D9724D #6ED94D

split-complementary

#4DB4D9 #D94D6E #D9B84D

monochromatic

#1E708D #2998C0 #4DB4D9 #7FC9E4 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4DB4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4D9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4D9	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae4',
    500: '#4db4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4d9;
$custom-light: #8dcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4D9

secondary

#DDB4A5

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4D9

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

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