#4DB5D8#4DB5D8

#4DB5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5D8
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -19.37, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 32.83, 233.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0778 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.107 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9741, 39.5800, 70.9071)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5D8 #D8704D

analogous

#4DD8B6 #4DB5D8 #4D70D8

triadic

#4DB5D8 #D84DB5 #B5D84D

tetradic

#4DB5D8 #B64DD8 #D8704D #70D84D

square

#4DB5D8 #B64DD8 #D8704D #70D84D

split-complementary

#4DB5D8 #D84D70 #D8B64D

monochromatic

#1F708C #2A99BE #4DB5D8 #7FCAE3 #B1DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4DB5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4DB5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5D8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5D8	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe4',
    500: '#4db5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5d8;
$custom-light: #8dcbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5D8

secondary

#DCB2A4

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5D8

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

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