#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
RGBrgb(76, 166, 229)
HSLhsl(205, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(205, 67%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.33, -7.29, -39.60)
CIE-LCHlch(65.33, 40.27, 259.57°)
OKLaboklab(69.74% -0.0588 -0.1117)
OKLCHoklch(69.74% 0.126 242.2)
XYZxyz(30.7542, 34.4628, 79.1447)
Luminance0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##4CA6E51.002.667.897.89
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8921.001.001.00
##0000007.8921.001.001.00

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

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#4CA6E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva