#4DB8D9#4DB8D9

#4DB8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8D9
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -20.61, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 32.92, 231.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0805 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.108 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7204, 40.8650, 71.7955)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8D9 #D96E4D

analogous

#4DD9B4 #4DB8D9 #4D72D9

triadic

#4DB8D9 #D94DB8 #B8D94D

tetradic

#4DB8D9 #B44DD9 #D96E4D #72D94D

square

#4DB8D9 #B44DD9 #D96E4D #72D94D

split-complementary

#4DB8D9 #D94D72 #D9B44D

monochromatic

#1E738D #299CC0 #4DB8D9 #7FCCE4 #B2E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4DB8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8D9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8D9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcde4',
    500: '#4db8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8d9;
$custom-light: #8dcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8D9

secondary

#DDB2A5

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8D9

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

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