#4AA6E2#4AA6E2

#4AA6E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA6E2
RGB	rgb(74, 166, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -8.59, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 39.22, 257.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.061 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.124 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1824, 34.2160, 76.9505)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA6E2 #E2864A

analogous

#4AE2D2 #4AA6E2 #4A5AE2

triadic

#4AA6E2 #E24AA6 #A6E24A

tetradic

#4AA6E2 #D24AE2 #E2864A #5AE24A

square

#4AA6E2 #D24AE2 #E2864A #5AE24A

split-complementary

#4AA6E2 #E24A5A #E2D24A

monochromatic

#196699 #218ACE #4AA6E2 #7FC0EA #B3DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AA6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#4AA6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA6E2

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA6E2	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 166, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0eb',
    500: '#4aa6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa6e2;
$custom-light: #8cc0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA6E2

secondary

#E2BEA6

accent

#8139EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA6E2

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

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