#4CAAE6#4CAAE6

#4CAAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAAE6
RGB	rgb(76, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -9.18, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 39.38, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0624 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.125 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6326, 35.9957, 80.1284)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAAE6 #E6884C

analogous

#4CE6D5 #4CAAE6 #4C5DE6

triadic

#4CAAE6 #E64CAA #AAE64C

tetradic

#4CAAE6 #D54CE6 #E6884C #5DE64C

square

#4CAAE6 #D54CE6 #E6884C #5DE64C

split-complementary

#4CAAE6 #E64C5D #E6D54C

monochromatic

#176BA1 #1E8FD7 #4CAAE6 #82C3ED #B7DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CAAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#4CAAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAAE6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAAE6	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3ee',
    500: '#4caae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caae6;
$custom-light: #8ec3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.377,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAAE6

secondary

#E5C0A9

accent

#7F36F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAAE6

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

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