#4CA8CD#4CA8CD

#4CA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CD
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -16.11, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 31.43, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.069 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9982, 33.9467, 62.8226)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CD #CD714C

analogous

#4CCDB1 #4CA8CD #4C68CD

triadic

#4CA8CD #CD4CA8 #A8CD4C

tetradic

#4CA8CD #B14CCD #CD714C #68CD4C

square

#4CA8CD #B14CCD #CD714C #68CD4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CD #CD4C68 #CDB14C

monochromatic

#23627C #3088AC #4CA8CD #7CBFDA #ACD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4CA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4CA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CD	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dc',
    500: '#4ca8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8cd;
$custom-light: #8bc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6909,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CD

secondary

#D5AF9F

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CD

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

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