#4DB6DF#4DB6DF

#4DB6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB6DF
RGB	rgb(77, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -17.71, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.40, 239.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0763 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.112 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1025, 40.3579, 75.8430)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB6DF #DF764D

analogous

#4DDFBF #4DB6DF #4D6DDF

triadic

#4DB6DF #DF4DB6 #B6DF4D

tetradic

#4DB6DF #BF4DDF #DF764D #6DDF4D

square

#4DB6DF #BF4DDF #DF764D #6DDF4D

split-complementary

#4DB6DF #DF4D6D #DFBF4D

monochromatic

#1B7497 #249CCA #4DB6DF #81CBE8 #B5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4DB6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4DB6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB6DF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB6DF	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce9',
    500: '#4db6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db6df;
$custom-light: #8ecce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB6DF

secondary

#E1B7A7

accent

#6D3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB6DF

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

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