#4DB7DC#4DB7DC

#4DB7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7DC
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -19.17, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 33.59, 235.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0784 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.11 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9071, 40.6085, 73.8002)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7DC #DC724D

analogous

#4DDCB9 #4DB7DC #4D70DC

triadic

#4DB7DC #DC4DB7 #B7DC4D

tetradic

#4DB7DC #B94DDC #DC724D #70DC4D

square

#4DB7DC #B94DDC #DC724D #70DC4D

split-complementary

#4DB7DC #DC4D70 #DCB94D

monochromatic

#1D7492 #279CC5 #4DB7DC #80CCE6 #B3E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4DB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7DC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7DC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4db7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7dc;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7DC

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7DC

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

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