#4CA5CB#4CA5CB

#4CA5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5CB
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -15.13, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 31.25, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0666 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.101 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2109, 32.7558, 61.3768)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5CB #CB724C

analogous

#4CCBB2 #4CA5CB #4C66CB

triadic

#4CA5CB #CB4CA5 #A5CB4C

tetradic

#4CA5CB #B24CCB #CB724C #66CB4C

square

#4CA5CB #B24CCB #CB724C #66CB4C

split-complementary

#4CA5CB #CB4C66 #CBB24C

monochromatic

#236079 #3185A9 #4CA5CB #7BBDD9 #ABD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4CA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4CA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5CB

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5CB	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdb',
    500: '#4ca5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5cb;
$custom-light: #8abfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68301,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5CB

secondary

#D4AF9F

accent

#7649DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5CB

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

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