#4CACD4#4CACD4

#4CACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CACD4
RGB	rgb(76, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -16.04, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 32.82, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0706 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.107 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6120, 35.7919, 67.6225)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CACD4 #D4744C

analogous

#4CD4B8 #4CACD4 #4C68D4

triadic

#4CACD4 #D44CAC #ACD44C

tetradic

#4CACD4 #B84CD4 #D4744C #68D44C

square

#4CACD4 #B84CD4 #D4744C #68D44C

split-complementary

#4CACD4 #D44C68 #D4B84C

monochromatic

#206886 #2C8EB7 #4CACD4 #7DC3E0 #AFDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4CACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4CACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CACD4

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CACD4	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)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cacd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e1',
    500: '#4cacd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cacd4;
$custom-light: #8cc4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cacd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CACD4

secondary

#DAB2A2

accent

#7343E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CACD4

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

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