#4DB8CE#4DB8CE

#4DB8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8CE
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -23.94, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 31.35, 220.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0848 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.102 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3371, 40.3117, 64.5100)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8CE #CE634D

analogous

#4DCEA4 #4DB8CE #4D77CE

triadic

#4DB8CE #CE4DB8 #B8CE4D

tetradic

#4DB8CE #A44DCE #CE634D #77CE4D

square

#4DB8CE #A44DCE #CE634D #77CE4D

split-complementary

#4DB8CE #CE4D77 #CEA44D

monochromatic

#236E7E #3098AE #4DB8CE #7DCBDB #ADDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4DB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4DB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8CE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8CE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddd',
    500: '#4db8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8ce;
$custom-light: #8ccddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8CE

secondary

#D6AAA1

accent

#6248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8CE

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

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