#4CA6E5#4CA6E5

#4CA6E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA6E5
RGB	rgb(76, 166, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -7.29, -39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 40.27, 259.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0588 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.126 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7542, 34.4628, 79.1447)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA6E5 #E58B4C

analogous

#4CE5D8 #4CA6E5 #4C5AE5

triadic

#4CA6E5 #E54CA6 #A6E54C

tetradic

#4CA6E5 #D84CE5 #E58B4C #5AE54C

square

#4CA6E5 #D84CE5 #E58B4C #5AE54C

split-complementary

#4CA6E5 #E54C5A #E5D84C

monochromatic

#17679F #1F8AD5 #4CA6E5 #81C1ED #B7DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4CA6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#4CA6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA6E5

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA6E5	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 166, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0ed',
    500: '#4ca6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca6e5;
$custom-light: #8ec0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6974,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA6E5

secondary

#E4C1A9

accent

#8337F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA6E5

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

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