#4DB9D9#4DB9D9

#4DB9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9D9
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -21.13, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 32.90, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0816 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.108 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9288, 41.2819, 71.8650)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9D9 #D96D4D

analogous

#4DD9B3 #4DB9D9 #4D73D9

triadic

#4DB9D9 #D94DB9 #B9D94D

tetradic

#4DB9D9 #B34DD9 #D96D4D #73D94D

square

#4DB9D9 #B34DD9 #D96D4D #73D94D

split-complementary

#4DB9D9 #D94D73 #D9B34D

monochromatic

#1E748D #299DC0 #4DB9D9 #7FCDE4 #B2E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4DB9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4DB9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9D9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9D9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcee4',
    500: '#4db9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9d9;
$custom-light: #8dcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9D9

secondary

#DDB2A5

accent

#6640E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9D9

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

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