#4CACE1#4CACE1

#4CACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CACE1
RGB	rgb(76, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -11.90, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 36.95, 251.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0661 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.118 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3183, 36.4745, 76.6093)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CACE1 #E1814C

analogous

#4CE1CB #4CACE1 #4C62E1

triadic

#4CACE1 #E14CAC #ACE14C

tetradic

#4CACE1 #CB4CE1 #E1814C #62E14C

square

#4CACE1 #CB4CE1 #E1814C #62E14C

split-complementary

#4CACE1 #E14C62 #E1CB4C

monochromatic

#1A6C99 #2291CD #4CACE1 #80C4EA #B5DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4CACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#4CACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CACE1

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CACE1	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4ea',
    500: '#4cace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cace1;
$custom-light: #8dc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CACE1

secondary

#E2BCA7

accent

#7A3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CACE1

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

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