#4AA3D9#4AA3D9

#4AA3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.116 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3D9
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -9.89, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 36.61, 254.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0609 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.116 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4408, 32.6570, 70.4368)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3D9 #D9804A

analogous

#4AD9C7 #4AA3D9 #4A5CD9

triadic

#4AA3D9 #D94AA3 #A3D94A

tetradic

#4AA3D9 #C74AD9 #D9804A #5CD94A

square

#4AA3D9 #C74AD9 #D9804A #5CD94A

split-complementary

#4AA3D9 #D94A5C #D9C74A

monochromatic

#1D628B #2885BE #4AA3D9 #7DBDE4 #AFD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4AA3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#4AA3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3D9

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3D9	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.116 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee5',
    500: '#4aa3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3d9;
$custom-light: #8bbee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3D9

secondary

#DCB8A2

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3D9

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

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