#4CA0D8#4CA0D8

#4CA0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA0D8
RGB	rgb(76, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -8.22, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 36.93, 257.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0569 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.116 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9412, 31.6331, 69.5857)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA0D8 #D8844C

analogous

#4CD8CA #4CA0D8 #4C5AD8

triadic

#4CA0D8 #D84CA0 #A0D84C

tetradic

#4CA0D8 #CA4CD8 #D8844C #5AD84C

square

#4CA0D8 #CA4CD8 #D8844C #5AD84C

split-complementary

#4CA0D8 #D84C5A #D8CA4C

monochromatic

#1E608B #2982BE #4CA0D8 #7EBBE3 #B1D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4CA0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4CA0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA0D8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA0D8	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbce4',
    500: '#4ca0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca0d8;
$custom-light: #8cbce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67742,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA0D8

secondary

#DCBAA4

accent

#8341E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA0D8

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

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