#4CADE5#4CADE5

#4CADE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CADE5
RGB	rgb(76, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -11.14, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 38.14, 253.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0657 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.122 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0614, 37.0774, 79.5805)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CADE5 #E5844C

analogous

#4CE5D1 #4CADE5 #4C60E5

triadic

#4CADE5 #E54CAD #ADE54C

tetradic

#4CADE5 #D14CE5 #E5844C #60E54C

square

#4CADE5 #D14CE5 #E5844C #60E54C

split-complementary

#4CADE5 #E54C60 #E5D14C

monochromatic

#176E9F #1F92D5 #4CADE5 #81C5ED #B7DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4CADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4CADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CADE5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CADE5	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5ed',
    500: '#4cade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cade5;
$custom-light: #8ec5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.961,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CADE5

secondary

#E4BEA9

accent

#7B37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CADE5

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

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