#4CA8CB#4CA8CB

#4CA8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CB
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -16.73, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 30.91, 237.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0697 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.101 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7584, 33.8507, 61.5593)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CB #CB6F4C

analogous

#4CCBAE #4CA8CB #4C69CB

triadic

#4CA8CB #CB4CA8 #A8CB4C

tetradic

#4CA8CB #AE4CCB #CB6F4C #69CB4C

square

#4CA8CB #AE4CCB #CB6F4C #69CB4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CB #CB4C69 #CBAE4C

monochromatic

#236279 #3188A9 #4CA8CB #7BBFD9 #ABD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4CA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4CA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CB	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2db',
    500: '#4ca8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8cb;
$custom-light: #8ac2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CB

secondary

#D4AD9F

accent

#7349DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CB

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

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