#4DA5CE#4DA5CE

#4DA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA5CE
RGB	rgb(77, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -14.01, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 32.01, 244.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0648 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.103 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6519, 32.9415, 63.2816)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA5CE #CE764D

analogous

#4DCEB7 #4DA5CE #4D64CE

triadic

#4DA5CE #CE4DA5 #A5CE4D

tetradic

#4DA5CE #B74DCE #CE764D #64CE4D

square

#4DA5CE #B74DCE #CE764D #64CE4D

split-complementary

#4DA5CE #CE4D64 #CEB74D

monochromatic

#23617E #3086AE #4DA5CE #7DBDDB #ADD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4DA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4DA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA5CE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA5CE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdd',
    500: '#4da5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da5ce;
$custom-light: #8bbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68469,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA5CE

secondary

#D6B2A1

accent

#7848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA5CE

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

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