#4CADD2#4CADD2

#4CADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADD2
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -17.20, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 32.18, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0724 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.105 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5523, 36.0737, 66.3658)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADD2 #D2714C

analogous

#4CD2B4 #4CADD2 #4C6AD2

triadic

#4CADD2 #D24CAD #ADD24C

tetradic

#4CADD2 #B44CD2 #D2714C #6AD24C

square

#4CADD2 #B44CD2 #D2714C #6AD24C

split-complementary

#4CADD2 #D24C6A #D2B44C

monochromatic

#216883 #2D8FB4 #4CADD2 #7DC3DE #AEDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#4CADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADD2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADD2	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cadd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e0',
    500: '#4cadd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cadd2;
$custom-light: #8bc5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cadd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70476,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADD2

secondary

#D9B1A1

accent

#7045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADD2

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

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