#4DB7DF#4DB7DF

#4DB7DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB7DF
RGB	rgb(77, 183, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -18.24, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 34.29, 237.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0773 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.112 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3080, 40.7689, 75.9115)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB7DF #DF754D

analogous

#4DDFBE #4DB7DF #4D6EDF

triadic

#4DB7DF #DF4DB7 #B7DF4D

tetradic

#4DB7DF #BE4DDF #DF754D #6EDF4D

square

#4DB7DF #BE4DDF #DF754D #6EDF4D

split-complementary

#4DB7DF #DF4D6E #DFBE4D

monochromatic

#1B7597 #249DCA #4DB7DF #81CCE8 #B5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4DB7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB7DF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB7DF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 183, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecce9',
    500: '#4db7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db7df;
$custom-light: #8ecce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73394,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB7DF

secondary

#E1B7A7

accent

#6C3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB7DF

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

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