#4CA9DE#4CA9DE

#4CA9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9DE
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -11.23, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 36.64, 252.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0641 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.117 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3482, 35.1832, 74.2847)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9DE #DE814C

analogous

#4CDECA #4CA9DE #4C60DE

triadic

#4CA9DE #DE4CA9 #A9DE4C

tetradic

#4CA9DE #CA4CDE #DE814C #60DE4C

square

#4CA9DE #CA4CDE #DE814C #60DE4C

split-complementary

#4CA9DE #DE4C60 #DECA4C

monochromatic

#1B6894 #258DC8 #4CA9DE #80C2E8 #B3DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4CA9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#4CA9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9DE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9DE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2e8',
    500: '#4ca9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9de;
$custom-light: #8dc2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.781,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70088,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9DE

secondary

#E0BBA6

accent

#7C3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9DE

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

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