#4CA2E0#4CA2E0

#4CA2E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA2E0
RGB	rgb(76, 162, 224)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -6.71, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 39.56, 260.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0564 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.124 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3503, 32.7559, 75.2823)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA2E0 #E08A4C

analogous

#4CE0D4 #4CA2E0 #4C58E0

triadic

#4CA2E0 #E04CA2 #A2E04C

tetradic

#4CA2E0 #D44CE0 #E08A4C #58E04C

square

#4CA2E0 #D44CE0 #E08A4C #58E04C

split-complementary

#4CA2E0 #E04C58 #E0D44C

monochromatic

#1A6397 #2385CC #4CA2E0 #80BDE9 #B4D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4CA2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4CA2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA2E0

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA2E0	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 162, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdea',
    500: '#4ca2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca2e0;
$custom-light: #8dbdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.135,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA2E0

secondary

#E1BFA7

accent

#853BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA2E0

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

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