#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
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -12.62, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 34.77, 248.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0651 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.112 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3730, 34.4966, 70.0629)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4CA8D8	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4CA8D8

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

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