#4CA2C8#4CA2C8

#4CA2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.100 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA2C8
RGB	rgb(76, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -14.46, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 30.81, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0645 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.1 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3221, 31.5446, 59.3339)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA2C8 #C8724C

analogous

#4CC8B0 #4CA2C8 #4C64C8

triadic

#4CA2C8 #C84CA2 #A2C84C

tetradic

#4CA2C8 #B04CC8 #C8724C #64C84C

square

#4CA2C8 #B04CC8 #C8724C #64C84C

split-complementary

#4CA2C8 #C84C64 #C8B04C

monochromatic

#245D75 #3281A4 #4CA2C8 #7BBAD6 #AAD3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4CA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#4CA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA2C8

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA2C8	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.100 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abdd8',
    500: '#4ca2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca2c8;
$custom-light: #8abdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67466,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA2C8

secondary

#D2AE9E

accent

#784BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA2C8

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

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