#4CA5E6#4CA5E6

#4CA5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA5E6
RGB	rgb(76, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -6.40, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 41.03, 261.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0575 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.128 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7131, 34.1567, 79.8218)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA5E6 #E68D4C

analogous

#4CE6DA #4CA5E6 #4C58E6

triadic

#4CA5E6 #E64CA5 #A5E64C

tetradic

#4CA5E6 #DA4CE6 #E68D4C #58E64C

square

#4CA5E6 #DA4CE6 #E68D4C #58E64C

split-complementary

#4CA5E6 #E64C58 #E6DA4C

monochromatic

#1767A1 #1E89D7 #4CA5E6 #82C0ED #B7DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4CA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#4CA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA5E6

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA5E6	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfee',
    500: '#4ca5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca5e6;
$custom-light: #8ebfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.325,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69564,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA5E6

secondary

#E5C2A9

accent

#8536F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA5E6

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

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