#4AA6E1#4AA6E1

#4AA6E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA6E1
RGB	rgb(74, 166, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -8.92, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 38.82, 256.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0613 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.123 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0456, 34.1613, 76.2299)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA6E1 #E1854A

analogous

#4AE1D1 #4AA6E1 #4A5AE1

triadic

#4AA6E1 #E14AA6 #A6E14A

tetradic

#4AA6E1 #D14AE1 #E1854A #5AE14A

square

#4AA6E1 #D14AE1 #E1854A #5AE14A

split-complementary

#4AA6E1 #E14A5A #E1D14A

monochromatic

#196697 #2289CC #4AA6E1 #7EC0EA #B3DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AA6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#4AA6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA6E1

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA6E1	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)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 166, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0ea',
    500: '#4aa6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa6e1;
$custom-light: #8cc0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.444,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69477,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA6E1

secondary

#E1BDA6

accent

#8039EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA6E1

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

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