#4CA1BC#4CA1BC

#4CA1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.091 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA1BC
RGB	rgb(76, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -17.64, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 27.93, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0679 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.091 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7989, 30.6546, 52.1772)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA1BC #BC674C

analogous

#4CBC9F #4CA1BC #4C69BC

triadic

#4CA1BC #BC4CA1 #A1BC4C

tetradic

#4CA1BC #9F4CBC #BC674C #69BC4C

square

#4CA1BC #9F4CBC #BC674C #69BC4C

split-complementary

#4CA1BC #BC4C69 #BC9F4C

monochromatic

#275767 #377D94 #4CA1BC #79B8CD #A5D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4CA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#4CA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA1BC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA1BC	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.091 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd0',
    500: '#4ca1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca1bc;
$custom-light: #88bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66718,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA1BC

secondary

#CAA599

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA1BC

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

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