#4CA8CF#4CA8CF

#4CA8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.104 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8CF
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -15.48, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 31.97, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0683 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.104 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2412, 34.0439, 64.1022)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8CF #CF734C

analogous

#4CCFB5 #4CA8CF #4C66CF

triadic

#4CA8CF #CF4CA8 #A8CF4C

tetradic

#4CA8CF #B54CCF #CF734C #66CF4C

square

#4CA8CF #B54CCF #CF734C #66CF4C

split-complementary

#4CA8CF #CF4C66 #CFB54C

monochromatic

#22637F #2F89AF #4CA8CF #7CBFDC #ADD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4CA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#4CA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8CF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8CF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.104 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1dd',
    500: '#4ca8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8cf;
$custom-light: #8bc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69177,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8CF

secondary

#D7B0A0

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8CF

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

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