#4CA9CD#4CA9CD

#4CA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9CD
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -16.64, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 31.32, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.07 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.102 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1835, 34.3173, 62.8844)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9CD #CD704C

analogous

#4CCDB0 #4CA9CD #4C69CD

triadic

#4CA9CD #CD4CA9 #A9CD4C

tetradic

#4CA9CD #B04CCD #CD704C #69CD4C

square

#4CA9CD #B04CCD #CD704C #69CD4C

split-complementary

#4CA9CD #CD4C69 #CDB04C

monochromatic

#23637C #3089AC #4CA9CD #7CC0DA #ACD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4CA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4CA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9CD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9CD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2dc',
    500: '#4ca9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9cd;
$custom-light: #8bc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69324,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9CD

secondary

#D5AE9F

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9CD

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

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