#4CADD4#4CADD4

#4CADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADD4
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -16.58, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 32.70, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0716 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.106 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8030, 36.1740, 67.6862)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADD4 #D4734C

analogous

#4CD4B7 #4CADD4 #4C69D4

triadic

#4CADD4 #D44CAD #ADD44C

tetradic

#4CADD4 #B74CD4 #D4734C #69D44C

square

#4CADD4 #B74CD4 #D4734C #69D44C

split-complementary

#4CADD4 #D44C69 #D4B74C

monochromatic

#206886 #2C8FB7 #4CADD4 #7DC4E0 #AFDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4CADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4CADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADD4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADD4	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cadd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e1',
    500: '#4cadd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cadd4;
$custom-light: #8cc5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cadd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70562,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADD4

secondary

#DAB2A2

accent

#7243E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADD4

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

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