#4DA8E9#4DA8E9

#4DA8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA8E9
RGB	rgb(77, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -6.93, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 41.17, 260.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0589 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.129 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7656, 35.4629, 82.2459)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA8E9 #E98E4D

analogous

#4DE9DC #4DA8E9 #4D5AE9

triadic

#4DA8E9 #E94DA8 #A8E94D

tetradic

#4DA8E9 #DC4DE9 #E98E4D #5AE94D

square

#4DA8E9 #DC4DE9 #E98E4D #5AE94D

split-complementary

#4DA8E9 #E94D5A #E9DC4D

monochromatic

#156AA7 #1B8DDD #4DA8E9 #83C3F0 #BADDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4DA8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#4DA8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA8E9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA8E9	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1f0',
    500: '#4da8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da8e9;
$custom-light: #8fc1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70423,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA8E9

secondary

#E6C4AB

accent

#610BDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA8E9

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

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