#4AA8D1#4AA8D1

#4AA8D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.106 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D1
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -15.19, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 32.79, 242.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0688 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.106 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3308, 34.0616, 65.3907)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D1 #D1734A

analogous

#4AD1B6 #4AA8D1 #4A65D1

triadic

#4AA8D1 #D14AA8 #A8D14A

tetradic

#4AA8D1 #B64AD1 #D1734A #65D14A

square

#4AA8D1 #B64AD1 #D1734A #65D14A

split-complementary

#4AA8D1 #D14A65 #D1B64A

monochromatic

#216380 #2D89B1 #4AA8D1 #7BBFDD #ACD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AA8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#4AA8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D1

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D1	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.106 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1df',
    500: '#4aa8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d1;
$custom-light: #8ac1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69196,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D1

secondary

#D8B09F

accent

#7545E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D1

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

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