#4AA5E2#4AA5E2

#4AA5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5E2
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -8.04, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 39.54, 258.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.06 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.125 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0014, 33.8539, 76.8901)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5E2 #E2874A

analogous

#4AE2D3 #4AA5E2 #4A59E2

triadic

#4AA5E2 #E24AA5 #A5E24A

tetradic

#4AA5E2 #D34AE2 #E2874A #59E24A

square

#4AA5E2 #D34AE2 #E2874A #59E24A

split-complementary

#4AA5E2 #E24A59 #E2D34A

monochromatic

#196599 #2188CE #4AA5E2 #7FBFEA #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4AA5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4AA5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5E2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5E2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7497E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfeb',
    500: '#4aa5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5e2;
$custom-light: #8cbfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.079,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69298,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5E2

secondary

#E2BEA6

accent

#8239EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5E2

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

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