#4CADE3#4CADE3

#4CADE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADE3
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -11.79, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 37.41, 251.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0664 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.12 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7838, 36.9663, 78.1183)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADE3 #E3824C

analogous

#4CE3CE #4CADE3 #4C62E3

triadic

#4CADE3 #E34CAD #ADE34C

tetradic

#4CADE3 #CE4CE3 #E3824C #62E34C

square

#4CADE3 #CE4CE3 #E3824C #62E34C

split-complementary

#4CADE3 #E34C62 #E3CE4C

monochromatic

#186D9C #2192D1 #4CADE3 #81C5EB #B6DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4CADE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#4CADE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADE3

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADE3	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cade3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5ec',
    500: '#4cade3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cade3;
$custom-light: #8ec5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cade3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.457,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADE3

secondary

#E3BDA8

accent

#7A38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADE3

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

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