#4DB8DF#4DB8DF

#4DB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB8DF
RGB	rgb(77, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -18.76, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 34.20, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0783 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5150, 41.1829, 75.9805)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB8DF #DF744D

analogous

#4DDFBD #4DB8DF #4D6FDF

triadic

#4DB8DF #DF4DB8 #B8DF4D

tetradic

#4DB8DF #BD4DDF #DF744D #6FDF4D

square

#4DB8DF #BD4DDF #DF744D #6FDF4D

split-complementary

#4DB8DF #DF4D6F #DFBD4D

monochromatic

#1B7697 #249ECA #4DB8DF #81CDE8 #B5E1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4DB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4DB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB8DF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB8DF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecde9',
    500: '#4db8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db8df;
$custom-light: #8ecde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB8DF

secondary

#E1B7A7

accent

#6B3BEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB8DF

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

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