#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
RGBrgb(76, 168, 230)
HSLhsl(204, 75%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 67%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.94, -8.07, -39.19)
CIE-LCHlch(65.94, 40.01, 258.36°)
OKLaboklab(70.24% -0.0605 -0.1105)
OKLCHoklch(70.24% 0.126 241.3)
XYZxyz(31.2606, 35.2516, 80.0043)
Luminance0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##4CA8E61.002.618.058.05
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0521.001.001.00
##0000008.0521.001.001.00

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

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#4CA8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva