#4CA8BC#4CA8BC

#4CA8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.091 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8BC
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -21.30, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 28.20, 220.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0755 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.091 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0566, 33.1700, 52.5965)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8BC #BC604C

analogous

#4CBC98 #4CA8BC #4C70BC

triadic

#4CA8BC #BC4CA8 #A8BC4C

tetradic

#4CA8BC #984CBC #BC604C #70BC4C

square

#4CA8BC #984CBC #BC604C #70BC4C

split-complementary

#4CA8BC #BC4C70 #BC984C

monochromatic

#275C67 #378394 #4CA8BC #79BECD #A5D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4CA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4CA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8BC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8BC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.091 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d0',
    500: '#4ca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8bc;
$custom-light: #89c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68387,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8BC

secondary

#CAA299

accent

#6A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8BC

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

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