#4AA6D9#4AA6D9

#4AA6D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.115 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA6D9
RGB	rgb(74, 166, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -11.54, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 35.80, 251.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0639 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.115 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9798, 33.7350, 70.6164)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA6D9 #D97D4A

analogous

#4AD9C5 #4AA6D9 #4A5ED9

triadic

#4AA6D9 #D94AA6 #A6D94A

tetradic

#4AA6D9 #C54AD9 #D97D4A #5ED94A

square

#4AA6D9 #C54AD9 #D97D4A #5ED94A

split-complementary

#4AA6D9 #D94A5E #D9C54A

monochromatic

#1D648B #2888BE #4AA6D9 #7DBFE4 #AFD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4AA6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4AA6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA6D9

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA6D9	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 166, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.115 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0e5',
    500: '#4aa6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa6d9;
$custom-light: #8bc0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69096,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA6D9

secondary

#DCB7A2

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA6D9

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

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