#4CA8E6#4CA8E6

#4CA8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8E6
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -8.07, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 40.01, 258.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0605 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.126 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2606, 35.2516, 80.0043)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8E6 #E68A4C

analogous

#4CE6D7 #4CA8E6 #4C5BE6

triadic

#4CA8E6 #E64CA8 #A8E64C

tetradic

#4CA8E6 #D74CE6 #E68A4C #5BE64C

square

#4CA8E6 #D74CE6 #E68A4C #5BE64C

split-complementary

#4CA8E6 #E64C5B #E6D74C

monochromatic

#1769A1 #1E8CD7 #4CA8E6 #82C2ED #B7DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4CA8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#4CA8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8E6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8E6	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1ee',
    500: '#4ca8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8e6;
$custom-light: #8ec1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70242,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8E6

secondary

#E5C1A9

accent

#8236F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8E6

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

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