#4CADD8#4CADD8

#4CADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADD8
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -15.32, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 33.82, 243.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0702 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.11 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3138, 36.3783, 70.3766)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADD8 #D8774C

analogous

#4CD8BD #4CADD8 #4C67D8

triadic

#4CADD8 #D84CAD #ADD84C

tetradic

#4CADD8 #BD4CD8 #D8774C #67D84C

square

#4CADD8 #BD4CD8 #D8774C #67D84C

split-complementary

#4CADD8 #D84C67 #D8BD4C

monochromatic

#1E6A8B #2990BE #4CADD8 #7EC4E3 #B1DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4CADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#4CADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADD8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADD8	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e4',
    500: '#4cadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cadd8;
$custom-light: #8cc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADD8

secondary

#DCB5A4

accent

#7441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADD8

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

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