#4CAED2#4CAED2

#4CAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAED2
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -17.73, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 32.09, 236.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0734 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.105 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7448, 36.4586, 66.4299)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAED2 #D2704C

analogous

#4CD2B3 #4CAED2 #4C6BD2

triadic

#4CAED2 #D24CAE #AED24C

tetradic

#4CAED2 #B34CD2 #D2704C #6BD24C

square

#4CAED2 #B34CD2 #D2704C #6BD24C

split-complementary

#4CAED2 #D24C6B #D2B34C

monochromatic

#216883 #2D90B4 #4CAED2 #7DC4DE #AEDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4CAED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#4CAED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAED2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAED2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e0',
    500: '#4caed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caed2;
$custom-light: #8cc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAED2

secondary

#D9B0A1

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAED2

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

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