#4DB4DA#4DB4DA

#4DB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4DA
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -18.23, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 33.36, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0761 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.109 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0317, 39.2789, 72.2095)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4DA #DA734D

analogous

#4DDAB9 #4DB4DA #4D6EDA

triadic

#4DB4DA #DA4DB4 #B4DA4D

tetradic

#4DB4DA #B94DDA #DA734D #6EDA4D

square

#4DB4DA #B94DDA #DA734D #6EDA4D

split-complementary

#4DB4DA #DA4D6E #DAB94D

monochromatic

#1E708F #2898C2 #4DB4DA #80C9E5 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4DB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4DA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4DA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcae5',
    500: '#4db4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4da;
$custom-light: #8dcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4DA

secondary

#DEB4A5

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4DA

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

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