#4CA9CC#4CA9CC

#4CA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9CC
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -16.95, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 31.07, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0704 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0632, 34.2692, 62.2507)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9CC #CC6F4C

analogous

#4CCCAF #4CA9CC #4C69CC

triadic

#4CA9CC #CC4CA9 #A9CC4C

tetradic

#4CA9CC #AF4CCC #CC6F4C #69CC4C

square

#4CA9CC #AF4CCC #CC6F4C #69CC4C

split-complementary

#4CA9CC #CC4C69 #CCAF4C

monochromatic

#23637B #3189AA #4CA9CC #7CC0DA #ABD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4CA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4CA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9CC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9CC	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2db',
    500: '#4ca9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9cc;
$custom-light: #8bc2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69282,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9CC

secondary

#D5AE9F

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9CC

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

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