#4CA4E3#4CA4E3

#4CA4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA4E3
RGB	rgb(76, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -6.84, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 40.12, 260.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0574 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.125 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1158, 33.6303, 77.5623)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA4E3 #E38B4C

analogous

#4CE3D7 #4CA4E3 #4C59E3

triadic

#4CA4E3 #E34CA4 #A4E34C

tetradic

#4CA4E3 #D74CE3 #E38B4C #59E34C

square

#4CA4E3 #D74CE3 #E38B4C #59E34C

split-complementary

#4CA4E3 #E34C59 #E3D74C

monochromatic

#18659C #2188D1 #4CA4E3 #81BFEB #B6DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4CA4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#4CA4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA4E3

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA4E3	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbeec',
    500: '#4ca4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca4e3;
$custom-light: #8dbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.033,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69189,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA4E3

secondary

#E3C1A8

accent

#8538F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA4E3

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

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