#4CA6E1#4CA6E1

#4CA6E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA6E1
RGB	rgb(76, 166, 225)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -8.61, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 38.65, 257.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0601 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.122 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2021, 34.2420, 76.2372)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA6E1 #E1874C

analogous

#4CE1D1 #4CA6E1 #4C5CE1

triadic

#4CA6E1 #E14CA6 #A6E14C

tetradic

#4CA6E1 #D14CE1 #E1874C #5CE14C

square

#4CA6E1 #D14CE1 #E1874C #5CE14C

split-complementary

#4CA6E1 #E14C5C #E1D14C

monochromatic

#1A6799 #228ACD #4CA6E1 #80C0EA #B5DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4CA6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4CA6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA6E1

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA6E1	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7798E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 166, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0ea',
    500: '#4ca6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca6e1;
$custom-light: #8dc0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.758,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69545,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA6E1

secondary

#E2BEA7

accent

#813AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA6E1

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

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