#4DB6DD#4DB6DD

#4DB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6DD
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -18.34, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 33.90, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.077 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.111 226)
XYZ	xyz(32.8344, 40.2506, 74.4313)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6DD #DD744D

analogous

#4DDDBC #4DB6DD #4D6EDD

triadic

#4DB6DD #DD4DB6 #B6DD4D

tetradic

#4DB6DD #BC4DDD #DD744D #6EDD4D

square

#4DB6DD #BC4DDD #DD744D #6EDD4D

split-complementary

#4DB6DD #DD4D6E #DDBC4D

monochromatic

#1C7393 #269BC7 #4DB6DD #80CBE7 #B4E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4DB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6DD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6DD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4db6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6dd;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.40254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6DD

secondary

#DFB6A6

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6DD

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

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