#4DB5D5#4DB5D5

#4DB5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5D5
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -20.29, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 32.23, 230.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.079 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.105 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5898, 39.4263, 68.8831)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5D5 #D56D4D

analogous

#4DD5B1 #4DB5D5 #4D71D5

triadic

#4DB5D5 #D54DB5 #B5D54D

tetradic

#4DB5D5 #B14DD5 #D56D4D #71D54D

square

#4DB5D5 #B14DD5 #D56D4D #71D54D

split-complementary

#4DB5D5 #D54D71 #D5B14D

monochromatic

#206F88 #2C98B9 #4DB5D5 #7FCAE1 #B0DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4DB5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5D5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5D5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe2',
    500: '#4db5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5d5;
$custom-light: #8dcbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5D5

secondary

#DBB0A3

accent

#6943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5D5

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

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