#4CAEE5#4CAEE5

#4CAEE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAEE5
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -11.69, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 37.88, 252.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0667 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.121 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2539, 37.4623, 79.6447)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAEE5 #E5834C

analogous

#4CE5D0 #4CAEE5 #4C61E5

triadic

#4CAEE5 #E54CAE #AEE54C

tetradic

#4CAEE5 #D04CE5 #E5834C #61E54C

square

#4CAEE5 #D04CE5 #E5834C #61E54C

split-complementary

#4CAEE5 #E54C61 #E5D04C

monochromatic

#176E9F #1F93D5 #4CAEE5 #81C6ED #B7DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4CAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#4CAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAEE5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAEE5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6ed',
    500: '#4caee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caee5;
$custom-light: #8ec6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.569,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAEE5

secondary

#E4BEA9

accent

#7A37F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAEE5

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

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