#4AA5E7#4AA5E7

#4AA5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5E7
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -6.38, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 41.61, 261.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0584 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.13 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6975, 34.1323, 80.5562)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5E7 #E78C4A

analogous

#4AE7DA #4AA5E7 #4A57E7

triadic

#4AA5E7 #E74AA5 #A5E74A

tetradic

#4AA5E7 #DA4AE7 #E78C4A #57E74A

square

#4AA5E7 #DA4AE7 #E78C4A #57E74A

split-complementary

#4AA5E7 #E74A57 #E7DA4A

monochromatic

#1566A1 #1D89D7 #4AA5E7 #80C0EE #B6DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AA5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#4AA5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5E7

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5E7	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfef',
    500: '#4aa5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5e7;
$custom-light: #8dbfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.223,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69545,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5E7

secondary

#E5C2A8

accent

#8535F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5E7

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

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