#4CAED1#4CAED1

#4CAED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAED1
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -18.04, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 31.86, 235.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0738 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.104 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6206, 36.4090, 65.7758)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAED1 #D16F4C

analogous

#4CD1B1 #4CAED1 #4C6BD1

triadic

#4CAED1 #D14CAE #AED14C

tetradic

#4CAED1 #B14CD1 #D16F4C #6BD14C

square

#4CAED1 #B14CD1 #D16F4C #6BD14C

split-complementary

#4CAED1 #D14C6B #D1B14C

monochromatic

#216881 #2E8FB2 #4CAED1 #7DC4DE #ADDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4CAED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#4CAED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAED1

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAED1	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)

#9BAAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6df',
    500: '#4caed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caed1;
$custom-light: #8bc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAED1

secondary

#D8AFA1

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAED1

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

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