#4CA8D8#4CA8D8

#4CA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4CA8D8
RGBrgb(76, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(201, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.35, -12.62, -32.40)
CIE-LCHlch(65.35, 34.77, 248.71°)
OKLaboklab(69.58% -0.0651 -0.0909)
OKLCHoklch(69.58% 0.112 234.4)
XYZxyz(29.3730, 34.4966, 70.0629)
Luminance0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4CA8D8 #D87C4C
analogous
#4CD8C2 #4CA8D8 #4C62D8
triadic
#4CA8D8 #D84CA8 #A8D84C
tetradic
#4CA8D8 #C24CD8 #D87C4C #62D84C
square
#4CA8D8 #C24CD8 #D87C4C #62D84C
split-complementary
#4CA8D8 #D84C62 #D8C24C
monochromatic
#1E668B #298BBE #4CA8D8 #7EC0E3 #B1D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#4CA8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90
#4CA8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8D8
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4CA8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4CA8D81.002.667.907.90
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9021.001.001.00
##0000007.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A7DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E98D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ca8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 234.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1e4',
    500: '#4ca8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ca8d8;
$custom-light: #8cc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ca8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4CA8D8
secondary
#DCB7A4
accent
#7A41E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#4CA8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva