#4DB6DB#4DB6DB

#4DB6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6DB
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.96, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 33.43, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0778 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.109 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5696, 40.1447, 73.0363)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6DB #DB724D

analogous

#4DDBB9 #4DB6DB #4D6FDB

triadic

#4DB6DB #DB4DB6 #B6DB4D

tetradic

#4DB6DB #B94DDB #DB724D #6FDB4D

square

#4DB6DB #B94DDB #DB724D #6FDB4D

split-complementary

#4DB6DB #DB4D6F #DBB94D

monochromatic

#1D7290 #279BC3 #4DB6DB #80CBE5 #B3E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4DB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4DB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6DB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6DB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce6',
    500: '#4db6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6db;
$custom-light: #8ecce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.634,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6DB

secondary

#DEB4A6

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6DB

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

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