#4DA9E1#4DA9E1

#4DA9E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4DA9E1
RGB	rgb(77, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -10.10, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 37.66, 254.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0625 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.12 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8339, 35.3867, 76.4249)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4DA9E1 #E1854D

analogous

#4DE1CF #4DA9E1 #4D5FE1

triadic

#4DA9E1 #E14DA9 #A9E14D

tetradic

#4DA9E1 #CF4DE1 #E1854D #5FE14D

square

#4DA9E1 #CF4DE1 #E1854D #5FE14D

split-complementary

#4DA9E1 #E14D5F #E1CF4D

monochromatic

#1A699A #238DCE #4DA9E1 #81C2EA #B6DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4DA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4DA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4DA9E1

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4DA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4DA9E1	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4da9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2ea',
    500: '#4da9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4da9e1;
$custom-light: #8ec2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4da9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70263,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4DA9E1

secondary

#E2BEA8

accent

#7E3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4DA9E1

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

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