#4CAED9#4CAED9

#4CAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAED9
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -15.53, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 33.95, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0709 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.11 230)
XYZ	xyz(30.6360, 36.8151, 71.1237)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAED9 #D9774C

analogous

#4CD9BE #4CAED9 #4C67D9

triadic

#4CAED9 #D94CAE #AED94C

tetradic

#4CAED9 #BE4CD9 #D9774C #67D94C

square

#4CAED9 #BE4CD9 #D9774C #67D94C

split-complementary

#4CAED9 #D94C67 #D9BE4C

monochromatic

#1E6B8D #2991BF #4CAED9 #7EC5E4 #B1DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4CAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4CAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAED9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAED9	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e5',
    500: '#4caed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caed9;
$custom-light: #8cc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71013,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.36818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAED9

secondary

#DDB5A4

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAED9

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

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