#4AA5E6#4AA5E6

#4AA5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5E6
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -6.71, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 41.19, 260.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0587 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.129 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5566, 34.0760, 79.8145)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5E6 #E68B4A

analogous

#4AE6D9 #4AA5E6 #4A57E6

triadic

#4AA5E6 #E64AA5 #A5E64A

tetradic

#4AA5E6 #D94AE6 #E68B4A #57E64A

square

#4AA5E6 #D94AE6 #E68B4A #57E64A

split-complementary

#4AA5E6 #E64A57 #E6D94A

monochromatic

#1666A0 #1D89D5 #4AA5E6 #80C0ED #B6DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#4AA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5E6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5E6	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfee',
    500: '#4aa5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5e6;
$custom-light: #8dbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69495,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5E6

secondary

#E4C1A8

accent

#8435F2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5E6

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

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