#4CAADD#4CAADD

#4CAADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAADD
RGB	rgb(76, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -12.10, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 36.03, 250.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0654 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.116 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4013, 35.5032, 73.6432)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAADD #DD7F4C

analogous

#4CDDC7 #4CAADD #4C62DD

triadic

#4CAADD #DD4CAA #AADD4C

tetradic

#4CAADD #C74CDD #DD7F4C #62DD4C

square

#4CAADD #C74CDD #DD7F4C #62DD4C

split-complementary

#4CAADD #DD4C62 #DDC74C

monochromatic

#1C6993 #268EC6 #4CAADD #7FC2E7 #B3DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4CAADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#4CAADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAADD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAADD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3e7',
    500: '#4caadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caadd;
$custom-light: #8dc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAADD

secondary

#DFBAA6

accent

#7A3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAADD

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

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