#4CACD9#4CACD9

#4CACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CACD9
RGB	rgb(76, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -14.46, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 34.29, 245.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0688 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.111 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2525, 36.0481, 70.9958)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CACD9 #D9794C

analogous

#4CD9C0 #4CACD9 #4C65D9

triadic

#4CACD9 #D94CAC #ACD94C

tetradic

#4CACD9 #C04CD9 #D9794C #65D94C

square

#4CACD9 #C04CD9 #D9794C #65D94C

split-complementary

#4CACD9 #D94C65 #D9C04C

monochromatic

#1E698D #298FBF #4CACD9 #7EC3E4 #B1DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#4CACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CACD9

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CACD9	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cacd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e5',
    500: '#4cacd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cacd9;
$custom-light: #8cc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cacd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CACD9

secondary

#DDB6A4

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CACD9

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

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