#4CA9EB#4CA9EB

#4CA9EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4CA9EB
RGBrgb(76, 169, 235)
HSLhsl(205, 80%, 61%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(67.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.45, -6.98, -41.14)
CIE-LCHlch(66.45, 41.73, 260.38°)
OKLaboklab(70.71% -0.0599 -0.1161)
OKLCHoklch(70.71% 0.131 242.7)
XYZxyz(32.1581, 35.9071, 83.8171)
Luminance0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4CA9EB #EB8E4C
analogous
#4CEBDE #4CA9EB #4C59EB
triadic
#4CA9EB #EB4CA9 #A9EB4C
tetradic
#4CA9EB #DE4CEB #EB8E4C #59EB4C
square
#4CA9EB #DE4CEB #EB8E4C #59EB4C
split-complementary
#4CA9EB #EB4C59 #EBDE4C
monochromatic
#136BAA #198EE1 #4CA9EB #83C3F1 #BADEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#4CA9EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18
#4CA9EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9EB
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4CA9EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4CA9EB1.002.578.188.18
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1821.001.001.00
##0000008.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BAAEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#759BEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4ca9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 242.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2f1',
    500: '#4ca9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4ca9eb;
$custom-light: #8fc2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4ca9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.906,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70714,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4CA9EB
secondary
#E7C4AB
accent
#6109DC
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#4CA9EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva