#4CACE3#4CACE3

#4CACE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CACE3
RGB	rgb(76, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -11.25, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 37.67, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0654 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.12 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5928, 36.5842, 78.0546)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CACE3 #E3834C

analogous

#4CE3CE #4CACE3 #4C61E3

triadic

#4CACE3 #E34CAC #ACE34C

tetradic

#4CACE3 #CE4CE3 #E3834C #61E34C

square

#4CACE3 #CE4CE3 #E3834C #61E34C

split-complementary

#4CACE3 #E34C61 #E3CE4C

monochromatic

#186C9C #2191D1 #4CACE3 #81C5EB #B6DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4CACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#4CACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CACE3

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CACE3	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4ec',
    500: '#4cace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cace3;
$custom-light: #8ec4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.854,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71008,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CACE3

secondary

#E3BDA8

accent

#7B38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CACE3

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

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