#4CA1DD#4CA1DD

#4CA1DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA1DD
RGB	rgb(76, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -7.14, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 38.65, 259.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0563 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.121 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7715, 32.2437, 73.1000)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA1DD #DD884C

analogous

#4CDDD1 #4CA1DD #4C58DD

triadic

#4CA1DD #DD4CA1 #A1DD4C

tetradic

#4CA1DD #D14CDD #DD884C #58DD4C

square

#4CA1DD #D14CDD #DD884C #58DD4C

split-complementary

#4CA1DD #DD4C58 #DDD14C

monochromatic

#1C6293 #2684C6 #4CA1DD #7FBCE7 #B3D7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4CA1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4CA1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA1DD

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA1DD	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7294DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbce8',
    500: '#4ca1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca1dd;
$custom-light: #8cbce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68213,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA1DD

secondary

#DFBDA6

accent

#853DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA1DD

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

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