#4CA9CA#4CA9CA

#4CA9CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9CA
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -17.57, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 30.59, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0712 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.1 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8249, 34.1739, 60.9955)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9CA #CA6D4C

analogous

#4CCAAC #4CA9CA #4C6ACA

triadic

#4CA9CA #CA4CA9 #A9CA4C

tetradic

#4CA9CA #AC4CCA #CA6D4C #6ACA4C

square

#4CA9CA #AC4CCA #CA6D4C #6ACA4C

split-complementary

#4CA9CA #CA4C6A #CAAC4C

monochromatic

#246278 #3288A7 #4CA9CA #7BC0D8 #AAD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4CA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#4CA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9CA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9CA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2da',
    500: '#4ca9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9ca;
$custom-light: #8ac2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69196,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9CA

secondary

#D4AC9E

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9CA

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

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