#4CA5E2#4CA5E2

#4CA5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.124 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5E2
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -7.72, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 39.37, 258.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0587 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.124 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1578, 33.9346, 76.8974)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5E2 #E2894C

analogous

#4CE2D4 #4CA5E2 #4C5AE2

triadic

#4CA5E2 #E24CA5 #A5E24C

tetradic

#4CA5E2 #D44CE2 #E2894C #5AE24C

square

#4CA5E2 #D44CE2 #E2894C #5AE24C

split-complementary

#4CA5E2 #E24C5A #E2D44C

monochromatic

#19669B #2289CF #4CA5E2 #81BFEB #B5DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4CA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4CA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5E2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5E2	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.124 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfeb',
    500: '#4ca5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5e2;
$custom-light: #8dbfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69367,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5E2

secondary

#E2BFA8

accent

#8339EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5E2

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

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