#4AA5D8#4AA5D8

#4AA5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5D8
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -11.32, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 35.70, 251.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0632 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.114 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6690, 33.3210, 69.8731)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5D8 #D87D4A

analogous

#4AD8C4 #4AA5D8 #4A5ED8

triadic

#4AA5D8 #D84AA5 #A5D84A

tetradic

#4AA5D8 #C44AD8 #D87D4A #5ED84A

square

#4AA5D8 #C44AD8 #D87D4A #5ED84A

split-complementary

#4AA5D8 #D84A5E #D8C44A

monochromatic

#1E638A #2987BC #4AA5D8 #7CBEE3 #AFD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4AA5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4AA5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5D8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5D8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe4',
    500: '#4aa5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5d8;
$custom-light: #8bbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68819,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5D8

secondary

#DCB7A2

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5D8

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

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