#4DB5CD#4DB5CD

#4DB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5CD
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -22.72, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 30.99, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0821 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5994, 39.0301, 63.6667)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5CD #CD654D

analogous

#4DCDA5 #4DB5CD #4D75CD

triadic

#4DB5CD #CD4DB5 #B5CD4D

tetradic

#4DB5CD #A54DCD #CD654D #75CD4D

square

#4DB5CD #A54DCD #CD654D #75CD4D

split-complementary

#4DB5CD #CD4D75 #CDA54D

monochromatic

#236C7D #3095AC #4DB5CD #7DC9DA #ADDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4DB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5CD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdc',
    500: '#4db5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5cd;
$custom-light: #8ccbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5CD

secondary

#D6AAA0

accent

#6548DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5CD

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

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