#4CAAE2#4CAAE2

#4CAAE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAAE2
RGB	rgb(76, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -10.48, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 37.85, 253.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0637 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.121 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0774, 35.7736, 77.2039)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAAE2 #E2844C

analogous

#4CE2CF #4CAAE2 #4C5FE2

triadic

#4CAAE2 #E24CAA #AAE24C

tetradic

#4CAAE2 #CF4CE2 #E2844C #5FE24C

square

#4CAAE2 #CF4CE2 #E2844C #5FE24C

split-complementary

#4CAAE2 #E24C5F #E2CF4C

monochromatic

#196A9B #228ECF #4CAAE2 #81C3EB #B5DCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4CAAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4CAAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAAE2

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAAE2	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3eb',
    500: '#4caae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caae2;
$custom-light: #8dc3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAAE2

secondary

#E2BDA8

accent

#7D39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAAE2

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

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