#4CAEDC#4CAEDC

#4CAEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAEDC
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -14.58, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 34.85, 245.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0698 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.113 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0297, 36.9726, 73.1974)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAEDC #DC7A4C

analogous

#4CDCC2 #4CAEDC #4C66DC

triadic

#4CAEDC #DC4CAE #AEDC4C

tetradic

#4CAEDC #C24CDC #DC7A4C #66DC4C

square

#4CAEDC #C24CDC #DC7A4C #66DC4C

split-complementary

#4CAEDC #DC4C66 #DCC24C

monochromatic

#1C6C91 #2692C4 #4CAEDC #7FC5E6 #B2DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4CAEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#4CAEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAEDC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAEDC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6e7',
    500: '#4caedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caedc;
$custom-light: #8dc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.167,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71147,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAEDC

secondary

#DFB8A5

accent

#753EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAEDC

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

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