#4DB4DD#4DB4DD

#4DB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB4DD
RGB	rgb(77, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -17.29, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 34.11, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.075 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.111 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4278, 39.4373, 74.2958)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB4DD #DD764D

analogous

#4DDDBE #4DB4DD #4D6CDD

triadic

#4DB4DD #DD4DB4 #B4DD4D

tetradic

#4DB4DD #BE4DDD #DD764D #6CDD4D

square

#4DB4DD #BE4DDD #DD764D #6CDD4D

split-complementary

#4DB4DD #DD4D6C #DDBE4D

monochromatic

#1C7193 #2699C7 #4DB4DD #80CAE7 #B4DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4DB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB4DD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB4DD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecae7',
    500: '#4db4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db4dd;
$custom-light: #8ecae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72612,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB4DD

secondary

#DFB7A6

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB4DD

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

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