#4DB5D9#4DB5D9

#4DB5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5D9
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -19.06, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 33.05, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0775 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.108 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1038, 39.6319, 71.5900)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5D9 #D9714D

analogous

#4DD9B7 #4DB5D9 #4D6FD9

triadic

#4DB5D9 #D94DB5 #B5D94D

tetradic

#4DB5D9 #B74DD9 #D9714D #6FD94D

square

#4DB5D9 #B74DD9 #D9714D #6FD94D

split-complementary

#4DB5D9 #D94D6F #D9B74D

monochromatic

#1E718D #2999C0 #4DB5D9 #7FCAE4 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#4DB5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5D9

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5D9	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe4',
    500: '#4db5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5d9;
$custom-light: #8dcbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72674,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5D9

secondary

#DDB3A5

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5D9

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

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