#4DA8CB#4DA8CB

#4DA8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA8CB
RGB	rgb(77, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -16.56, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 30.77, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0691 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.1 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8384, 33.8920, 61.5630)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA8CB #CB704D

analogous

#4DCBAF #4DA8CB #4D69CB

triadic

#4DA8CB #CB4DA8 #A8CB4D

tetradic

#4DA8CB #AF4DCB #CB704D #69CB4D

square

#4DA8CB #AF4DCB #CB704D #69CB4D

split-complementary

#4DA8CB #CB4D69 #CBAF4D

monochromatic

#24627A #3188A9 #4DA8CB #7CBFD9 #ACD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4DA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4DA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA8CB

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA8CB	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4da8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da8cb;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69039,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA8CB

secondary

#D4AE9F

accent

#734ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA8CB

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

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