#4DA9CD#4DA9CD

#4DA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.101 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA9CD
RGB	rgb(77, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -16.47, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 31.18, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0694 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.101 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2636, 34.3586, 62.8881)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA9CD #CD714D

analogous

#4DCDB1 #4DA9CD #4D69CD

triadic

#4DA9CD #CD4DA9 #A9CD4D

tetradic

#4DA9CD #B14DCD #CD714D #69CD4D

square

#4DA9CD #B14DCD #CD714D #69CD4D

split-complementary

#4DA9CD #CD4D69 #CDB14D

monochromatic

#23637D #308AAC #4DA9CD #7DC0DA #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4DA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#4DA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA9CD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA9CD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.101 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dc',
    500: '#4da9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da9cd;
$custom-light: #8bc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6936,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA9CD

secondary

#D6AFA0

accent

#7348DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA9CD

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

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