#4CA8D9#4CA8D9

#4CA8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8D9
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -12.30, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 35.11, 249.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0647 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.113 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5026, 34.5484, 70.7459)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8D9 #D97D4C

analogous

#4CD9C3 #4CA8D9 #4C62D9

triadic

#4CA8D9 #D94CA8 #A8D94C

tetradic

#4CA8D9 #C34CD9 #D97D4C #62D94C

square

#4CA8D9 #C34CD9 #D97D4C #62D94C

split-complementary

#4CA8D9 #D94C62 #D9C34C

monochromatic

#1E668D #298BBF #4CA8D9 #7EC1E4 #B1D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4CA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#4CA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8D9

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8D9	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1e5',
    500: '#4ca8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8d9;
$custom-light: #8cc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69626,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8D9

secondary

#DDB8A4

accent

#7A40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8D9

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

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