#4DA8CD#4DA8CD

#4DA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA8CD
RGB	rgb(77, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -15.93, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 31.29, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0684 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.102 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0783, 33.9880, 62.8264)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA8CD #CD724D

analogous

#4DCDB2 #4DA8CD #4D68CD

triadic

#4DA8CD #CD4DA8 #A8CD4D

tetradic

#4DA8CD #B24DCD #CD724D #68CD4D

square

#4DA8CD #B24DCD #CD724D #68CD4D

split-complementary

#4DA8CD #CD4D68 #CDB24D

monochromatic

#23637D #3089AC #4DA8CD #7DBFDA #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4DA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4DA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA8CD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA8CD	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dc',
    500: '#4da8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da8cd;
$custom-light: #8bc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69126,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA8CD

secondary

#D6B0A0

accent

#7448DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA8CD

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

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