#4DB5DB#4DB5DB

#4DB5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5DB
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -18.44, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 33.51, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0767 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.11 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3655, 39.7366, 72.9683)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5DB #DB734D

analogous

#4DDBBA #4DB5DB #4D6EDB

triadic

#4DB5DB #DB4DB5 #B5DB4D

tetradic

#4DB5DB #BA4DDB #DB734D #6EDB4D

square

#4DB5DB #BA4DDB #DB734D #6EDB4D

split-complementary

#4DB5DB #DB4D6E #DBBA4D

monochromatic

#1D7290 #279AC3 #4DB5DB #80CAE5 #B3DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4DB5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4DB5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5DB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5DB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbe6',
    500: '#4db5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5db;
$custom-light: #8dcbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5DB

secondary

#DEB5A6

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5DB

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

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