#4DA9CE#4DA9CE

#4DA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA9CE
RGB	rgb(77, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -16.15, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 31.44, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0691 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3847, 34.4070, 63.5259)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA9CE #CE724D

analogous

#4DCEB2 #4DA9CE #4D69CE

triadic

#4DA9CE #CE4DA9 #A9CE4D

tetradic

#4DA9CE #B24DCE #CE724D #69CE4D

square

#4DA9CE #B24DCE #CE724D #69CE4D

split-complementary

#4DA9CE #CE4D69 #CEB24D

monochromatic

#23647E #308AAE #4DA9CE #7DC0DB #ADD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4DA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4DA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA9CE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA9CE	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dd',
    500: '#4da9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da9ce;
$custom-light: #8bc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA9CE

secondary

#D6B0A1

accent

#7348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA9CE

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

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