#4CA0D9#4CA0D9

#4CA0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA0D9
RGB	rgb(76, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -7.90, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 37.33, 257.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0565 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.117 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0709, 31.6850, 70.2686)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA0D9 #D9854C

analogous

#4CD9CB #4CA0D9 #4C5AD9

triadic

#4CA0D9 #D94CA0 #A0D94C

tetradic

#4CA0D9 #CB4CD9 #D9854C #5AD94C

square

#4CA0D9 #CB4CD9 #D9854C #5AD94C

split-complementary

#4CA0D9 #D94C5A #D9CB4C

monochromatic

#1E608D #2982BF #4CA0D9 #7EBBE4 #B1D6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4CA0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4CA0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA0D9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA0D9	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbce5',
    500: '#4ca0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca0d9;
$custom-light: #8cbce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6779,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA0D9

secondary

#DDBBA4

accent

#8440E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA0D9

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

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