#4CA5CE#4CA5CE

#4CA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5CE
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -14.18, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 32.13, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0655 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.104 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5719, 32.9002, 63.2779)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5CE #CE754C

analogous

#4CCEB6 #4CA5CE #4C64CE

triadic

#4CA5CE #CE4CA5 #A5CE4C

tetradic

#4CA5CE #B64CCE #CE754C #64CE4C

square

#4CA5CE #B64CCE #CE754C #64CE4C

split-complementary

#4CA5CE #CE4C64 #CEB64C

monochromatic

#22617D #2F86AD #4CA5CE #7CBDDB #ACD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4CA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#4CA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5CE

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5CE	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdd',
    500: '#4ca5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5ce;
$custom-light: #8bbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68433,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5CE

secondary

#D6B1A0

accent

#7848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5CE

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

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