#4CA5C8#4CA5C8

#4CA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.099 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5C8
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -16.07, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 30.44, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0677 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.099 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8569, 32.6142, 59.5122)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5C8 #C86F4C

analogous

#4CC8AD #4CA5C8 #4C67C8

triadic

#4CA5C8 #C84CA5 #A5C84C

tetradic

#4CA5C8 #AD4CC8 #C86F4C #67C84C

square

#4CA5C8 #AD4CC8 #C86F4C #67C84C

split-complementary

#4CA5C8 #C84C67 #C8AD4C

monochromatic

#245F75 #3284A4 #4CA5C8 #7BBDD6 #AAD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4CA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4CA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5C8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5C8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.099 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfd8',
    500: '#4ca5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5c8;
$custom-light: #8abfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.935,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6817,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5C8

secondary

#D2AC9E

accent

#744BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5C8

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

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