#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
RGBrgb(76, 173, 216)
HSLhsl(198, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(198, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.81, -15.32, -30.15)
CIE-LCHlch(66.81, 33.82, 243.07°)
OKLaboklab(70.74% -0.0702 -0.0844)
OKLCHoklch(70.74% 0.11 230.2)
XYZxyz(30.3138, 36.3783, 70.3766)
Luminance0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4CADD81.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

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

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#4CADD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva