#4CAED3#4CAED3

#4CAED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAED3
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -17.42, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 32.34, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0731 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.105 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8697, 36.5086, 67.0881)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAED3 #D3714C

analogous

#4CD3B4 #4CAED3 #4C6BD3

triadic

#4CAED3 #D34CAE #AED34C

tetradic

#4CAED3 #B44CD3 #D3714C #6BD34C

square

#4CAED3 #B44CD3 #D3714C #6BD34C

split-complementary

#4CAED3 #D34C6B #D3B44C

monochromatic

#206984 #2D90B5 #4CAED3 #7DC4DF #AEDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4CAED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#4CAED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAED3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAED3	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e0',
    500: '#4caed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caed3;
$custom-light: #8cc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAED3

secondary

#D9B1A2

accent

#7044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAED3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →