#4DB9CF#4DB9CF

#4DB9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9CF
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -24.15, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 31.54, 220.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0855 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.102 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6674, 40.7774, 65.2213)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9CF #CF634D

analogous

#4DCFA4 #4DB9CF #4D78CF

triadic

#4DB9CF #CF4DB9 #B9CF4D

tetradic

#4DB9CF #A44DCF #CF634D #78CF4D

square

#4DB9CF #A44DCF #CF634D #78CF4D

split-complementary

#4DB9CF #CF4D78 #CFA44D

monochromatic

#22707F #2F9AAF #4DB9CF #7DCCDC #ADDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4DB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9CF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9CF	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)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedd',
    500: '#4db9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9cf;
$custom-light: #8ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73207,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9CF

secondary

#D7AAA1

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9CF

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

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