#4CA8DE#4CA8DE

#4CA8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8DE
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -10.69, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 36.91, 253.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.063 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.118 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1628, 34.8125, 74.2229)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8DE #DE824C

analogous

#4CDECB #4CA8DE #4C5FDE

triadic

#4CA8DE #DE4CA8 #A8DE4C

tetradic

#4CA8DE #CB4CDE #DE824C #5FDE4C

square

#4CA8DE #CB4CDE #DE824C #5FDE4C

split-complementary

#4CA8DE #DE4C5F #DECB4C

monochromatic

#1B6894 #258CC8 #4CA8DE #80C1E8 #B3DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4CA8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#4CA8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8DE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8DE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1e8',
    500: '#4ca8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8de;
$custom-light: #8dc1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.192,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69859,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8DE

secondary

#E0BBA6

accent

#7D3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8DE

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

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