#4CA0CD#4CA0CD

#4CA0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.105 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA0CD
RGB	rgb(76, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -11.78, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 32.79, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0606 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.105 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5665, 31.0832, 62.3454)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA0CD #CD794C

analogous

#4CCDB9 #4CA0CD #4C60CD

triadic

#4CA0CD #CD4CA0 #A0CD4C

tetradic

#4CA0CD #B94CCD #CD794C #60CD4C

square

#4CA0CD #B94CCD #CD794C #60CD4C

split-complementary

#4CA0CD #CD4C60 #CDB94C

monochromatic

#235D7C #3081AC #4CA0CD #7CB9DA #ACD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4CA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4CA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA0CD

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA0CD	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.105 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abcdc',
    500: '#4ca0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca0cd;
$custom-light: #8abcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67224,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA0CD

secondary

#D5B29F

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA0CD

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

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