#4D9DC9#4D9DC9

#4D9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.102 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D9DC9
RGB	rgb(77, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -11.23, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 31.96, 249.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0581 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.102 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6561, 29.9062, 59.6674)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D9DC9 #C9794D

analogous

#4DC9B7 #4D9DC9 #4D5FC9

triadic

#4D9DC9 #C94D9D #9DC94D

tetradic

#4D9DC9 #B74DC9 #C9794D #5FC94D

square

#4D9DC9 #B74DC9 #C9794D #5FC94D

split-complementary

#4D9DC9 #C94D5F #C9B74D

monochromatic

#245A77 #327DA6 #4D9DC9 #7CB7D7 #ABD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4D9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4D9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D9DC9

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D9DC9	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.102 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9d9',
    500: '#4d9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d9dc9;
$custom-light: #8ab9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66382,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D9DC9

secondary

#D3B19F

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D9DC9

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

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