#4CA4DD#4CA4DD

#4CA4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA4DD
RGB	rgb(76, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -8.81, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 37.68, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0593 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.119 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3021, 33.3048, 73.2768)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA4DD #DD854C

analogous

#4CDDCD #4CA4DD #4C5BDD

triadic

#4CA4DD #DD4CA4 #A4DD4C

tetradic

#4CA4DD #CD4CDD #DD854C #5BDD4C

square

#4CA4DD #CD4CDD #DD854C #5BDD4C

split-complementary

#4CA4DD #DD4C5B #DDCD4C

monochromatic

#1C6493 #2687C6 #4CA4DD #7FBEE7 #B3D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4CA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4CA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA4DD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA4DD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbee7',
    500: '#4ca4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca4dd;
$custom-light: #8cbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.586,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA4DD

secondary

#DFBCA6

accent

#813DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA4DD

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

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