#4DB5CE#4DB5CE

#4DB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5CE
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -22.42, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 31.11, 223.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0817 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.101 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7205, 39.0785, 64.3045)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5CE #CE664D

analogous

#4DCEA6 #4DB5CE #4D74CE

triadic

#4DB5CE #CE4DB5 #B5CE4D

tetradic

#4DB5CE #A64DCE #CE664D #74CE4D

square

#4DB5CE #A64DCE #CE664D #74CE4D

split-complementary

#4DB5CE #CE4D74 #CEA64D

monochromatic

#236C7E #3095AE #4DB5CE #7DC9DB #ADDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4DB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5CE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5CE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdd',
    500: '#4db5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5ce;
$custom-light: #8ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5CE

secondary

#D6ABA1

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5CE

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

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