#4DB9DC#4DB9DC

#4DB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DB9DC
RGB	rgb(77, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -20.21, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 33.47, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0804 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.11 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3226, 41.4394, 73.9387)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DB9DC #DC704D

analogous

#4DDCB7 #4DB9DC #4D71DC

triadic

#4DB9DC #DC4DB9 #B9DC4D

tetradic

#4DB9DC #B74DDC #DC704D #71DC4D

square

#4DB9DC #B74DDC #DC704D #71DC4D

split-complementary

#4DB9DC #DC4D71 #DCB74D

monochromatic

#1D7592 #279EC5 #4DB9DC #80CDE6 #B3E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4DB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4DB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DB9DC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DB9DC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4db9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecee7',
    500: '#4db9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4db9dc;
$custom-light: #8ecee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4db9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DB9DC

secondary

#DFB4A6

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DB9DC

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

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