#4CAAE5#4CAAE5

#4CAAE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAAE5
RGB	rgb(76, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -9.50, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 38.99, 255.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0628 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.124 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4926, 35.9397, 79.3909)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAAE5 #E5874C

analogous

#4CE5D3 #4CAAE5 #4C5EE5

triadic

#4CAAE5 #E54CAA #AAE54C

tetradic

#4CAAE5 #D34CE5 #E5874C #5EE54C

square

#4CAAE5 #D34CE5 #E5874C #5EE54C

split-complementary

#4CAAE5 #E54C5E #E5D34C

monochromatic

#176B9F #1F8FD5 #4CAAE5 #81C3ED #B7DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#4CAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAAE5

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAAE5	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3ed',
    500: '#4caae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caae5;
$custom-light: #8ec3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.137,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAAE5

secondary

#E4C0A9

accent

#7F37F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAAE5

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

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