#4DB9D1#4DB9D1

#4DB9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9D1
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -23.55, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 31.74, 222.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0847 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.103 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9134, 40.8758, 66.5172)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9D1 #D1654D

analogous

#4DD1A7 #4DB9D1 #4D77D1

triadic

#4DB9D1 #D14DB9 #B9D14D

tetradic

#4DB9D1 #A74DD1 #D1654D #77D14D

square

#4DB9D1 #A74DD1 #D1654D #77D14D

split-complementary

#4DB9D1 #D14D77 #D1A74D

monochromatic

#227082 #2E9BB3 #4DB9D1 #7ECCDE #AEDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4DB9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4DB9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9D1

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9D1	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)

#A8B3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedf',
    500: '#4db9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9d1;
$custom-light: #8dcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9D1

secondary

#D8ACA2

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9D1

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

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