#4CA6CE#4CA6CE

#4CA6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA6CE
RGB	rgb(76, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -14.72, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 31.97, 242.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0665 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.104 230)
XYZ	xyz(27.7529, 33.2623, 63.3382)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA6CE #CE744C

analogous

#4CCEB5 #4CA6CE #4C65CE

triadic

#4CA6CE #CE4CA6 #A6CE4C

tetradic

#4CA6CE #B54CCE #CE744C #65CE4C

square

#4CA6CE #B54CCE #CE744C #65CE4C

split-complementary

#4CA6CE #CE4C65 #CEB54C

monochromatic

#22617D #2F87AD #4CA6CE #7CBEDB #ACD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4CA6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#4CA6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA6CE

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA6CE	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0dd',
    500: '#4ca6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca6ce;
$custom-light: #8bc0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68666,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA6CE

secondary

#D6B0A0

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA6CE

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

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