#4AA4E2#4AA4E2

#4AA4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4E2
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -7.48, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 39.87, 259.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.059 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.125 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8217, 33.4946, 76.8302)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4E2 #E2884A

analogous

#4AE2D4 #4AA4E2 #4A58E2

triadic

#4AA4E2 #E24AA4 #A4E24A

tetradic

#4AA4E2 #D44AE2 #E2884A #58E24A

square

#4AA4E2 #D44AE2 #E2884A #58E24A

split-complementary

#4AA4E2 #E24A58 #E2D44A

monochromatic

#196599 #2187CE #4AA4E2 #7FBFEA #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4AA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#4AA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4E2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4E2	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeeb',
    500: '#4aa4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4e2;
$custom-light: #8cbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.474,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69071,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4E2

secondary

#E2BEA6

accent

#8339EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4E2

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

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