#4CA5D8#4CA5D8

#4CA5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.113 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5D8
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -10.99, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 35.49, 251.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.062 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.113 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8255, 33.4016, 69.8805)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5D8 #D87F4C

analogous

#4CD8C5 #4CA5D8 #4C5FD8

triadic

#4CA5D8 #D84CA5 #A5D84C

tetradic

#4CA5D8 #C54CD8 #D87F4C #5FD84C

square

#4CA5D8 #C54CD8 #D87F4C #5FD84C

split-complementary

#4CA5D8 #D84C5F #D8C54C

monochromatic

#1E648B #2988BE #4CA5D8 #7EBEE3 #B1D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4CA5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#4CA5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5D8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5D8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.113 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfe4',
    500: '#4ca5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5d8;
$custom-light: #8cbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5D8

secondary

#DCB8A4

accent

#7D41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5D8

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

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