#4CA1E1#4CA1E1

#4CA1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.125 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA1E1
RGB	rgb(76, 161, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -5.82, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 40.34, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0551 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.125 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3108, 32.4594, 75.9401)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA1E1 #E18C4C

analogous

#4CE1D7 #4CA1E1 #4C57E1

triadic

#4CA1E1 #E14CA1 #A1E14C

tetradic

#4CA1E1 #D74CE1 #E18C4C #57E14C

square

#4CA1E1 #D74CE1 #E18C4C #57E14C

split-complementary

#4CA1E1 #E14C57 #E1D74C

monochromatic

#1A6299 #2284CD #4CA1E1 #80BDEA #B5D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4CA1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#4CA1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA1E1

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA1E1	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.125 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcea',
    500: '#4ca1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca1e1;
$custom-light: #8dbcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.772,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68411,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA1E1

secondary

#E2C0A7

accent

#873AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA1E1

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

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