#4CA8CA#4CA8CA

#4CA8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CA
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -17.04, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 30.67, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0701 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.1 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6396, 33.8032, 60.9337)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CA #CA6E4C

analogous

#4CCAAD #4CA8CA #4C69CA

triadic

#4CA8CA #CA4CA8 #A8CA4C

tetradic

#4CA8CA #AD4CCA #CA6E4C #69CA4C

square

#4CA8CA #AD4CCA #CA6E4C #69CA4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CA #CA4C69 #CAAD4C

monochromatic

#246178 #3288A7 #4CA8CA #7BBFD8 #AAD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4CA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#4CA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CA

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CA	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2da',
    500: '#4ca8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8ca;
$custom-light: #8ac2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CA

secondary

#D4AD9E

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CA

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

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