#4C9DD9#4C9DD9

#4C9DD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9DD9
RGB	rgb(76, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -6.21, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 38.34, 260.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0535 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.119 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5571, 30.6574, 70.0974)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9DD9 #D9884C

analogous

#4CD9CF #4C9DD9 #4C56D9

triadic

#4C9DD9 #D94C9D #9DD94C

tetradic

#4C9DD9 #CF4CD9 #D9884C #56D94C

square

#4C9DD9 #CF4CD9 #D9884C #56D94C

split-complementary

#4C9DD9 #D94C56 #D9CF4C

monochromatic

#1E5E8D #297FBF #4C9DD9 #7EB9E4 #B1D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4C9DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#4C9DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9DD9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9DD9	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9e5',
    500: '#4c9dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9dd9;
$custom-light: #8cb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9DD9

secondary

#DDBCA4

accent

#8740E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9DD9

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

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