#4DA8CE#4DA8CE

#4DA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.102 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA8CE
RGB	rgb(77, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -15.62, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 31.56, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.068 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.102 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1994, 34.0364, 63.4641)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA8CE #CE734D

analogous

#4DCEB3 #4DA8CE #4D68CE

triadic

#4DA8CE #CE4DA8 #A8CE4D

tetradic

#4DA8CE #B34DCE #CE734D #68CE4D

square

#4DA8CE #B34DCE #CE734D #68CE4D

split-complementary

#4DA8CE #CE4D68 #CEB34D

monochromatic

#23637E #3089AE #4DA8CE #7DBFDB #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4DA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#4DA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA8CE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA8CE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.102 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dd',
    500: '#4da8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da8ce;
$custom-light: #8bc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69169,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA8CE

secondary

#D6B0A1

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA8CE

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

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