#4DB8DA#4DB8DA

#4DB8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8DA
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -20.31, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.11, 232.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0802 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.108 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8508, 40.9172, 72.4826)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8DA #DA6F4D

analogous

#4DDAB5 #4DB8DA #4D71DA

triadic

#4DB8DA #DA4DB8 #B8DA4D

tetradic

#4DB8DA #B54DDA #DA6F4D #71DA4D

square

#4DB8DA #B54DDA #DA6F4D #71DA4D

split-complementary

#4DB8DA #DA4D71 #DAB54D

monochromatic

#1E748F #289DC2 #4DB8DA #80CCE5 #B2E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4DB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8DA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8DA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde5',
    500: '#4db8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8da;
$custom-light: #8ecde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73416,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8DA

secondary

#DEB3A5

accent

#683FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8DA

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

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