#4AA4D8#4AA4D8

#4AA4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4D8
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -10.77, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 35.96, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0622 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.115 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4894, 32.9616, 69.8132)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4D8 #D87E4A

analogous

#4AD8C5 #4AA4D8 #4A5DD8

triadic

#4AA4D8 #D84AA4 #A4D84A

tetradic

#4AA4D8 #C54AD8 #D87E4A #5DD84A

square

#4AA4D8 #C54AD8 #D87E4A #5DD84A

split-complementary

#4AA4D8 #D84A5D #D8C54A

monochromatic

#1E628A #2986BC #4AA4D8 #7CBDE3 #AFD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4AA4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4AA4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4D8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4D8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee4',
    500: '#4aa4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4d8;
$custom-light: #8bbee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68589,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4D8

secondary

#DCB7A2

accent

#7E40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4D8

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

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