#4CA5CC#4CA5CC

#4CA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5CC
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -14.82, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 31.54, 241.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0662 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.102 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3304, 32.8036, 62.0064)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5CC #CC734C

analogous

#4CCCB3 #4CA5CC #4C65CC

triadic

#4CA5CC #CC4CA5 #A5CC4C

tetradic

#4CA5CC #B34CCC #CC734C #65CC4C

square

#4CA5CC #B34CCC #CC734C #65CC4C

split-complementary

#4CA5CC #CC4C65 #CCB34C

monochromatic

#23607B #3185AA #4CA5CC #7CBDDA #ABD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4CA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4CA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5CC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5CC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdb',
    500: '#4ca5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5cc;
$custom-light: #8abfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68345,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5CC

secondary

#D5AF9F

accent

#7749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5CC

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

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