#4CADE1#4CADE1

#4CADE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADE1
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -12.44, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 36.71, 250.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0671 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.118 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5094, 36.8565, 76.6730)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADE1 #E1804C

analogous

#4CE1CB #4CADE1 #4C63E1

triadic

#4CADE1 #E14CAD #ADE14C

tetradic

#4CADE1 #CB4CE1 #E1804C #63E14C

square

#4CADE1 #CB4CE1 #E1804C #63E14C

split-complementary

#4CADE1 #E14C63 #E1CB4C

monochromatic

#1A6D99 #2292CD #4CADE1 #80C5EA #B5DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4CADE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4CADE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADE1

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADE1	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cade1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5ea',
    500: '#4cade1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cade1;
$custom-light: #8dc5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cade1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADE1

secondary

#E2BCA7

accent

#793AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADE1

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

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