#4AA0E1#4AA0E1

#4AA0E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.127 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0E1
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -5.57, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 40.85, 262.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0553 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.127 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9803, 32.0306, 75.8748)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0E1 #E18B4A

analogous

#4AE1D7 #4AA0E1 #4A54E1

triadic

#4AA0E1 #E14AA0 #A0E14A

tetradic

#4AA0E1 #D74AE1 #E18B4A #54E14A

square

#4AA0E1 #D74AE1 #E18B4A #54E14A

split-complementary

#4AA0E1 #E14A54 #E1D74A

monochromatic

#196197 #2283CC #4AA0E1 #7EBCEA #B3D7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4AA0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4AA0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0E1

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0E1	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E93E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.127 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbea',
    500: '#4aa0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0e1;
$custom-light: #8cbbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.828,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68114,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0E1

secondary

#E1BFA6

accent

#8739EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0E1

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

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