#4DB5DC#4DB5DC

#4DB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB5DC
RGB	rgb(77, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -18.13, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 33.75, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0764 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.11 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4975, 39.7894, 73.6637)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB5DC #DC744D

analogous

#4DDCBC #4DB5DC #4D6DDC

triadic

#4DB5DC #DC4DB5 #B5DC4D

tetradic

#4DB5DC #BC4DDC #DC744D #6DDC4D

square

#4DB5DC #BC4DDC #DC744D #6DDC4D

split-complementary

#4DB5DC #DC4D6D #DCBC4D

monochromatic

#1D7292 #279AC5 #4DB5DC #80CAE6 #B3E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4DB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4DB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB5DC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB5DC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbe7',
    500: '#4db5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db5dc;
$custom-light: #8ecbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB5DC

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB5DC

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

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