#4CADCD#4CADCD

#4CADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADCD
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -18.75, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 31.03, 232.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0742 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.101 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9391, 35.8284, 63.1362)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADCD #CD6C4C

analogous

#4CCDAD #4CADCD #4C6CCD

triadic

#4CADCD #CD4CAD #ADCD4C

tetradic

#4CADCD #AD4CCD #CD6C4C #6CCD4C

square

#4CADCD #AD4CCD #CD6C4C #6CCD4C

split-complementary

#4CADCD #CD4C6C #CDAD4C

monochromatic

#23667C #308DAC #4CADCD #7CC3DA #ACD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4CADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#4CADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADCD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADCD	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5dc',
    500: '#4cadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cadcd;
$custom-light: #8bc5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70264,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADCD

secondary

#D5AD9F

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADCD

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

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