#4DB5D1#4DB5D1

#4DB5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5D1
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 209)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -21.51, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 31.54, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0805 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.103 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0884, 39.2257, 66.2422)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5D1 #D1694D

analogous

#4DD1AB #4DB5D1 #4D73D1

triadic

#4DB5D1 #D14DB5 #B5D14D

tetradic

#4DB5D1 #AB4DD1 #D1694D #73D14D

square

#4DB5D1 #AB4DD1 #D1694D #73D14D

split-complementary

#4DB5D1 #D14D73 #D1AB4D

monochromatic

#226E82 #2E97B3 #4DB5D1 #7EC9DE #AEDDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4DB5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4DB5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5D1

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5D1	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbdf',
    500: '#4db5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5d1;
$custom-light: #8ccbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72343,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5D1

secondary

#D8ADA2

accent

#6746E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5D1

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

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