#4AA3D8#4AA3D8

#4AA3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3D8
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -10.22, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 36.23, 253.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0612 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.115 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3111, 32.6051, 69.7538)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3D8 #D87F4A

analogous

#4AD8C6 #4AA3D8 #4A5CD8

triadic

#4AA3D8 #D84AA3 #A3D84A

tetradic

#4AA3D8 #C64AD8 #D87F4A #5CD84A

square

#4AA3D8 #C64AD8 #D87F4A #5CD84A

split-complementary

#4AA3D8 #D84A5C #D8C64A

monochromatic

#1E628A #2985BC #4AA3D8 #7CBDE3 #AFD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4AA3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#4AA3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3D8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3D8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee4',
    500: '#4aa3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3d8;
$custom-light: #8bbee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.394,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68358,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3D8

secondary

#DCB8A2

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3D8

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

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