#4CA4E6#4CA4E6

#4CA4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.129 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA4E6
RGB	rgb(76, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -5.84, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 41.39, 261.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0565 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.129 244)
XYZ	xyz(30.5335, 33.7974, 79.7620)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA4E6 #E68E4C

analogous

#4CE6DB #4CA4E6 #4C57E6

triadic

#4CA4E6 #E64CA4 #A4E64C

tetradic

#4CA4E6 #DB4CE6 #E68E4C #57E64C

square

#4CA4E6 #DB4CE6 #E68E4C #57E64C

split-complementary

#4CA4E6 #E64C57 #E6DB4C

monochromatic

#1766A1 #1E88D7 #4CA4E6 #82BFED #B7DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4CA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#4CA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA4E6

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA4E6	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.129 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebeee',
    500: '#4ca4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca4e6;
$custom-light: #8ebeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69338,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.33801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA4E6

secondary

#E5C3A9

accent

#8636F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA4E6

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

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