#4CA8CE#4CA8CE

#4CA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CE
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -15.80, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 31.69, 240.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0686 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.103 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1193, 33.9951, 63.4604)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CE #CE724C

analogous

#4CCEB3 #4CA8CE #4C67CE

triadic

#4CA8CE #CE4CA8 #A8CE4C

tetradic

#4CA8CE #B34CCE #CE724C #67CE4C

square

#4CA8CE #B34CCE #CE724C #67CE4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CE #CE4C67 #CEB34C

monochromatic

#22637D #2F89AD #4CA8CE #7CBFDB #ACD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4CA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4CA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dd',
    500: '#4ca8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8ce;
$custom-light: #8bc2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CE

secondary

#D6B0A0

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CE

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

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