#4CAED6#4CAED6

#4CAED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAED6
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -16.48, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 33.11, 240.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.072 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.108 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2493, 36.6605, 69.0873)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAED6 #D6744C

analogous

#4CD6B9 #4CAED6 #4C69D6

triadic

#4CAED6 #D64CAE #AED64C

tetradic

#4CAED6 #B94CD6 #D6744C #69D64C

square

#4CAED6 #B94CD6 #D6744C #69D64C

split-complementary

#4CAED6 #D64C69 #D6B94C

monochromatic

#1F6A88 #2B91BA #4CAED6 #7EC5E1 #B0DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4CAED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#4CAED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAED6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAED6	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e2',
    500: '#4caed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caed6;
$custom-light: #8cc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAED6

secondary

#DBB3A3

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAED6

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

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