#4CA4E5#4CA4E5

#4CA4E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA4E5
RGB	rgb(76, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -6.18, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 40.97, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0568 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.128 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3934, 33.7414, 79.0245)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA4E5 #E58D4C

analogous

#4CE5D9 #4CA4E5 #4C58E5

triadic

#4CA4E5 #E54CA4 #A4E54C

tetradic

#4CA4E5 #D94CE5 #E58D4C #58E54C

square

#4CA4E5 #D94CE5 #E58D4C #58E54C

split-complementary

#4CA4E5 #E54C58 #E5D94C

monochromatic

#17669F #1F88D5 #4CA4E5 #81BFED #B7DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4CA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4CA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA4E5

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA4E5	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebeed',
    500: '#4ca4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca4e5;
$custom-light: #8ebeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.49,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA4E5

secondary

#E4C2A9

accent

#8637F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA4E5

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

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