#4CA4CE#4CA4CE

#4CA4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA4CE
RGB	rgb(76, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -13.64, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 32.31, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0644 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.104 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3922, 32.5409, 63.2180)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA4CE #CE764C

analogous

#4CCEB7 #4CA4CE #4C63CE

triadic

#4CA4CE #CE4CA4 #A4CE4C

tetradic

#4CA4CE #B74CCE #CE764C #63CE4C

square

#4CA4CE #B74CCE #CE764C #63CE4C

split-complementary

#4CA4CE #CE4C63 #CEB74C

monochromatic

#22607D #2F85AD #4CA4CE #7CBCDB #ACD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4CA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4CA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA4CE

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA4CE	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdd',
    500: '#4ca4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca4ce;
$custom-light: #8bbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.682,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA4CE

secondary

#D6B1A0

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA4CE

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

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