#4CA5CD#4CA5CD

#4CA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.103 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5CD
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -14.50, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 31.83, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0658 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.103 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4508, 32.8517, 62.6401)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5CD #CD744C

analogous

#4CCDB5 #4CA5CD #4C64CD

triadic

#4CA5CD #CD4CA5 #A5CD4C

tetradic

#4CA5CD #B54CCD #CD744C #64CD4C

square

#4CA5CD #B54CCD #CD744C #64CD4C

split-complementary

#4CA5CD #CD4C64 #CDB54C

monochromatic

#23607C #3085AC #4CA5CD #7CBDDA #ACD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4CA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#4CA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5CD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5CD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.103 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdc',
    500: '#4ca5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5cd;
$custom-light: #8abfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5CD

secondary

#D5B09F

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5CD

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

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