#4CA3BD#4CA3BD

#4CA3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.091 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA3BD
RGB	rgb(76, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -18.39, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 28.10, 229.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0697 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.091 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2593, 31.4025, 52.8644)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA3BD #BD664C

analogous

#4CBD9E #4CA3BD #4C6BBD

triadic

#4CA3BD #BD4CA3 #A3BD4C

tetradic

#4CA3BD #9E4CBD #BD664C #6BBD4C

square

#4CA3BD #9E4CBD #BD664C #6BBD4C

split-complementary

#4CA3BD #BD4C6B #BD9E4C

monochromatic

#265968 #377F95 #4CA3BD #79BACD #A5D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4CA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#4CA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA3BD

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA3BD	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.091 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bed1',
    500: '#4ca3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca3bd;
$custom-light: #89bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67234,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA3BD

secondary

#CBA59A

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA3BD

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

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