#4CA9E1#4CA9E1

#4CA9E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9E1
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -10.26, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 37.75, 254.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0631 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.12 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7538, 35.3454, 76.4211)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9E1 #E1844C

analogous

#4CE1CE #4CA9E1 #4C5FE1

triadic

#4CA9E1 #E14CA9 #A9E14C

tetradic

#4CA9E1 #CE4CE1 #E1844C #5FE14C

square

#4CA9E1 #CE4CE1 #E1844C #5FE14C

split-complementary

#4CA9E1 #E14C5F #E1CE4C

monochromatic

#1A6999 #228DCD #4CA9E1 #80C2EA #B5DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4CA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#4CA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9E1

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9E1	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2ea',
    500: '#4ca9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9e1;
$custom-light: #8dc2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.55,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70229,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9E1

secondary

#E2BDA7

accent

#7E3AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9E1

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

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