#4AA0E5#4AA0E5

#4AA0E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.132 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0E5
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -4.23, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 42.61, 264.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0541 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.132 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5324, 32.2515, 78.7823)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0E5 #E58F4A

analogous

#4AE5DD #4AA0E5 #4A53E5

triadic

#4AA0E5 #E54AA0 #A0E54A

tetradic

#4AA0E5 #DD4AE5 #E58F4A #53E54A

square

#4AA0E5 #DD4AE5 #E58F4A #53E54A

split-complementary

#4AA0E5 #E54A53 #E5DD4A

monochromatic

#17629E #1E83D3 #4AA0E5 #80BCED #B5D8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4AA0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4AA0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0E5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0E5	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.132 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbed',
    500: '#4aa0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0e5;
$custom-light: #8dbbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.71,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68318,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0E5

secondary

#E4C2A7

accent

#8A36F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0E5

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

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