#4DB5CF#4DB5CF

#4DB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5CF
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -22.12, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 31.25, 224.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0813 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.102 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8423, 39.1273, 64.9463)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5CF #CF674D

analogous

#4DCFA8 #4DB5CF #4D74CF

triadic

#4DB5CF #CF4DB5 #B5CF4D

tetradic

#4DB5CF #A84DCF #CF674D #74CF4D

square

#4DB5CF #A84DCF #CF674D #74CF4D

split-complementary

#4DB5CF #CF4D74 #CFA84D

monochromatic

#226D7F #2F96AF #4DB5CF #7DC9DC #ADDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4DB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4DB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5CF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5CF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdd',
    500: '#4db5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5cf;
$custom-light: #8ccbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5CF

secondary

#D7ACA1

accent

#6647E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5CF

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

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