#4AA5D6#4AA5D6

#4AA5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5D6
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 214)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -11.96, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 34.99, 250.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0639 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.112 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4121, 33.2182, 68.5197)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5D6 #D67B4A

analogous

#4AD6C1 #4AA5D6 #4A5FD6

triadic

#4AA5D6 #D64AA5 #A5D64A

tetradic

#4AA5D6 #C14AD6 #D67B4A #5FD64A

square

#4AA5D6 #C14AD6 #D67B4A #5FD64A

split-complementary

#4AA5D6 #D64A5F #D6C14A

monochromatic

#1F6287 #2A87B9 #4AA5D6 #7CBEE1 #AED7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4AA5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#4AA5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5D6

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5D6	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe2',
    500: '#4aa5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5d6;
$custom-light: #8bbfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5D6

secondary

#DBB5A1

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5D6

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

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