#4DB8D8#4DB8D8

#4DB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8D8
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -20.92, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 32.73, 230.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0809 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.107 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5907, 40.8132, 71.1126)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8D8 #D86D4D

analogous

#4DD8B3 #4DB8D8 #4D73D8

triadic

#4DB8D8 #D84DB8 #B8D84D

tetradic

#4DB8D8 #B34DD8 #D86D4D #73D84D

square

#4DB8D8 #B34DD8 #D86D4D #73D84D

split-complementary

#4DB8D8 #D84D73 #D8B34D

monochromatic

#1F738C #2A9CBE #4DB8D8 #7FCCE3 #B1E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4DB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8D8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8D8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde4',
    500: '#4db8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8d8;
$custom-light: #8dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73333,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8D8

secondary

#DCB1A4

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8D8

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

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