#4DA9CC#4DA9CC

#4DA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA9CC
RGB	rgb(77, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -16.78, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 30.93, 237.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0698 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.101 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1433, 34.3105, 62.2544)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA9CC #CC704D

analogous

#4DCCAF #4DA9CC #4D6ACC

triadic

#4DA9CC #CC4DA9 #A9CC4D

tetradic

#4DA9CC #AF4DCC #CC704D #6ACC4D

square

#4DA9CC #AF4DCC #CC704D #6ACC4D

split-complementary

#4DA9CC #CC4D6A #CCAF4D

monochromatic

#23637B #3189AB #4DA9CC #7DC0DA #ACD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4DA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4DA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA9CC

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA9CC	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4da9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da9cc;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69317,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA9CC

secondary

#D5AEA0

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA9CC

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

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