#4CA8EB#4CA8EB

#4CA8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8EB
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -6.42, -41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 42.08, 261.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0589 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.131 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9728, 35.5365, 83.7554)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8EB #EB8F4C

analogous

#4CEBDE #4CA8EB #4C58EB

triadic

#4CA8EB #EB4CA8 #A8EB4C

tetradic

#4CA8EB #DE4CEB #EB8F4C #58EB4C

square

#4CA8EB #DE4CEB #EB8F4C #58EB4C

split-complementary

#4CA8EB #EB4C58 #EBDE4C

monochromatic

#136AAA #198DE1 #4CA8EB #83C3F1 #BADEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4CA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4CA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8EB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8EB	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc1f1',
    500: '#4ca8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8eb;
$custom-light: #8fc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.283,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70488,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8EB

secondary

#E7C5AB

accent

#6209DC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8EB

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

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