#4DB5CC#4DB5CC

#4DB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5CC
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -23.02, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 30.88, 221.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0825 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.1 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4791, 38.9820, 63.0330)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5CC #CC644D

analogous

#4DCCA3 #4DB5CC #4D75CC

triadic

#4DB5CC #CC4DB5 #B5CC4D

tetradic

#4DB5CC #A34DCC #CC644D #75CC4D

square

#4DB5CC #A34DCC #CC644D #75CC4D

split-complementary

#4DB5CC #CC4D75 #CCA34D

monochromatic

#236B7B #3195AB #4DB5CC #7DC9DA #ACDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4DB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4DB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5CC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5CC	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdb',
    500: '#4db5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5cc;
$custom-light: #8ccbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72144,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5CC

secondary

#D5A9A0

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5CC

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

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