#4CA8CC#4CA8CC

#4CA8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CC
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -16.42, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 31.16, 238.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0694 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.101 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8779, 33.8985, 62.1889)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CC #CC704C

analogous

#4CCCB0 #4CA8CC #4C68CC

triadic

#4CA8CC #CC4CA8 #A8CC4C

tetradic

#4CA8CC #B04CCC #CC704C #68CC4C

square

#4CA8CC #B04CCC #CC704C #68CC4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CC #CC4C68 #CCB04C

monochromatic

#23627B #3188AA #4CA8CC #7CBFDA #ABD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4CA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4CA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2db',
    500: '#4ca8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8cc;
$custom-light: #8ac2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69047,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CC

secondary

#D5AE9F

accent

#7349DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CC

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

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