#4DB4DC#4DB4DC

#4DB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4DC
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -17.60, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 33.86, 238.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0753 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.111 227)
XYZ	xyz(32.2949, 39.3842, 73.5962)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4DC #DC754D

analogous

#4DDCBC #4DB4DC #4D6CDC

triadic

#4DB4DC #DC4DB4 #B4DC4D

tetradic

#4DB4DC #BC4DDC #DC754D #6CDC4D

square

#4DB4DC #BC4DDC #DC754D #6CDC4D

split-complementary

#4DB4DC #DC4D6C #DCBC4D

monochromatic

#1D7192 #2799C5 #4DB4DC #80CAE6 #B3DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4DB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4DC

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4DC	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4db4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4dc;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4DC

secondary

#DFB6A6

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4DC

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

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