#4DB7DD#4DB7DD

#4DB7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7DD
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -18.86, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 33.81, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.078 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.111 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0400, 40.6617, 74.4998)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7DD #DD734D

analogous

#4DDDBB #4DB7DD #4D6FDD

triadic

#4DB7DD #DD4DB7 #B7DD4D

tetradic

#4DB7DD #BB4DDD #DD734D #6FDD4D

square

#4DB7DD #BB4DDD #DD734D #6FDD4D

split-complementary

#4DB7DD #DD4D6F #DDBB4D

monochromatic

#1C7493 #269CC7 #4DB7DD #80CCE7 #B4E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4DB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4DB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7DD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7DD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce7',
    500: '#4db7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7dd;
$custom-light: #8ecce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73309,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7DD

secondary

#DFB5A6

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7DD

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

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