#4CA6C8#4CA6C8

#4CA6C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.099 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA6C8
RGB	rgb(76, 166, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 17%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -16.60, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 30.35, 236.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0687 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.099 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0379, 32.9763, 59.5725)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA6C8 #C86E4C

analogous

#4CC8AC #4CA6C8 #4C68C8

triadic

#4CA6C8 #C84CA6 #A6C84C

tetradic

#4CA6C8 #AC4CC8 #C86E4C #68C84C

square

#4CA6C8 #AC4CC8 #C86E4C #68C84C

split-complementary

#4CA6C8 #C84C68 #C8AC4C

monochromatic

#245F75 #3285A4 #4CA6C8 #7BBDD6 #AAD5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4CA6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#4CA6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA6C8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA6C8	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 166, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.099 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0d8',
    500: '#4ca6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca6c8;
$custom-light: #8ac0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA6C8

secondary

#D2AC9E

accent

#734BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA6C8

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

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