#4AA3E2#4AA3E2

#4AA3E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3E2
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -6.92, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 40.21, 260.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.058 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.126 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6435, 33.1381, 76.7708)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3E2 #E2894A

analogous

#4AE2D5 #4AA3E2 #4A57E2

triadic

#4AA3E2 #E24AA3 #A3E24A

tetradic

#4AA3E2 #D54AE2 #E2894A #57E24A

square

#4AA3E2 #D54AE2 #E2894A #57E24A

split-complementary

#4AA3E2 #E24A57 #E2D54A

monochromatic

#196499 #2186CE #4AA3E2 #7FBEEA #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4AA3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4AA3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3E2

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3E2	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeeb',
    500: '#4aa3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3e2;
$custom-light: #8cbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.868,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68844,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3E2

secondary

#E2BFA6

accent

#8439EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3E2

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

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