#4CAEE3#4CAEE3

#4CAEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAEE3
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -12.34, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 37.17, 250.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0674 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.119 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9763, 37.3512, 78.1825)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAEE3 #E3814C

analogous

#4CE3CD #4CAEE3 #4C62E3

triadic

#4CAEE3 #E34CAE #AEE34C

tetradic

#4CAEE3 #CD4CE3 #E3814C #62E34C

square

#4CAEE3 #CD4CE3 #E3814C #62E34C

split-complementary

#4CAEE3 #E34C62 #E3CD4C

monochromatic

#186E9C #2193D1 #4CAEE3 #81C6EB #B6DEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4CAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4CAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAEE3

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAEE3	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6ec',
    500: '#4caee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caee3;
$custom-light: #8ec6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71466,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAEE3

secondary

#E3BDA8

accent

#7938F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAEE3

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

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