#4DB6DC#4DB6DC

#4DB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6DC
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -18.65, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 33.66, 236.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0774 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.11 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7016, 40.1975, 73.7317)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6DC #DC734D

analogous

#4DDCBA #4DB6DC #4D6EDC

triadic

#4DB6DC #DC4DB6 #B6DC4D

tetradic

#4DB6DC #BA4DDC #DC734D #6EDC4D

square

#4DB6DC #BA4DDC #DC734D #6EDC4D

split-complementary

#4DB6DC #DC4D6E #DCBA4D

monochromatic

#1D7392 #279BC5 #4DB6DC #80CBE6 #B3E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4DB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6DC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6DC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4db6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6dc;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6DC

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6DC

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

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