#4DB5DA#4DB5DA

#4DB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5DA
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -18.75, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 33.28, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0771 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.109 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2343, 39.6841, 72.2771)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5DA #DA724D

analogous

#4DDAB9 #4DB5DA #4D6EDA

triadic

#4DB5DA #DA4DB5 #B5DA4D

tetradic

#4DB5DA #B94DDA #DA724D #6EDA4D

square

#4DB5DA #B94DDA #DA724D #6EDA4D

split-complementary

#4DB5DA #DA4D6E #DAB94D

monochromatic

#1E718F #2899C2 #4DB5DA #80CAE5 #B2DFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#4DB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5DA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5DA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe5',
    500: '#4db5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5da;
$custom-light: #8dcbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5DA

secondary

#DEB4A5

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5DA

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

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