#4DB8DB#4DB8DB

#4DB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8DB
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -20.00, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 33.31, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0798 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.109 223)
XYZ	xyz(32.9821, 40.9697, 73.1738)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8DB #DB704D

analogous

#4DDBB7 #4DB8DB #4D71DB

triadic

#4DB8DB #DB4DB8 #B8DB4D

tetradic

#4DB8DB #B74DDB #DB704D #71DB4D

square

#4DB8DB #B74DDB #DB704D #71DB4D

split-complementary

#4DB8DB #DB4D71 #DBB74D

monochromatic

#1D7490 #279DC3 #4DB8DB #80CCE5 #B3E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4DB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4DB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8DB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8DB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde6',
    500: '#4db8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8db;
$custom-light: #8ecde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8DB

secondary

#DEB4A6

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8DB

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

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