#4AA4E5#4AA4E5

#4AA4E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4E5
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -6.49, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 41.12, 260.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0581 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.128 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2370, 33.6607, 79.0172)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4E5 #E58B4A

analogous

#4AE5D8 #4AA4E5 #4A57E5

triadic

#4AA4E5 #E54AA4 #A4E54A

tetradic

#4AA4E5 #D84AE5 #E58B4A #57E54A

square

#4AA4E5 #D84AE5 #E58B4A #57E54A

split-complementary

#4AA4E5 #E54A57 #E5D84A

monochromatic

#17659E #1E88D3 #4AA4E5 #80BFED #B5DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4AA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#4AA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4E5

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4E5	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7196E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbeed',
    500: '#4aa4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4e5;
$custom-light: #8dbeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4E5

secondary

#E4C1A7

accent

#8536F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4E5

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

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