#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
RGBrgb(76, 169, 225)
HSLhsl(203, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(203, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.02, -10.26, -36.33)
CIE-LCHlch(66.02, 37.75, 254.23°)
OKLaboklab(70.23% -0.0631 -0.1022)
OKLCHoklch(70.23% 0.12 238.3)
XYZxyz(30.7538, 35.3454, 76.4211)
Luminance0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4CA9E11.002.608.078.07
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0721.001.001.00
##0000008.0721.001.001.00

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

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#4CA9E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva