#4DB5CB#4DB5CB

#4DB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5CB
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -23.31, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 30.78, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0829 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.1 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3595, 38.9342, 62.4034)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5CB #CB634D

analogous

#4DCBA2 #4DB5CB #4D76CB

triadic

#4DB5CB #CB4DB5 #B5CB4D

tetradic

#4DB5CB #A24DCB #CB634D #76CB4D

square

#4DB5CB #A24DCB #CB634D #76CB4D

split-complementary

#4DB5CB #CB4D76 #CBA24D

monochromatic

#246B7A #3194A9 #4DB5CB #7CC9D9 #ACDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4DB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5CB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5CB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbda',
    500: '#4db5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5cb;
$custom-light: #8ccbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5CB

secondary

#D4A99F

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5CB

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

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