#4AA8D4#4AA8D4

#4AA8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D4
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -14.23, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 33.70, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0677 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.109 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7057, 34.2116, 67.3653)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D4 #D4764A

analogous

#4AD4BB #4AA8D4 #4A63D4

triadic

#4AA8D4 #D44AA8 #A8D44A

tetradic

#4AA8D4 #BB4AD4 #D4764A #63D44A

square

#4AA8D4 #BB4AD4 #D4764A #63D44A

split-complementary

#4AA8D4 #D44A63 #D4BB4A

monochromatic

#1F6484 #2B89B6 #4AA8D4 #7BC0E0 #ADD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AA8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#4AA8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D4	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)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e1',
    500: '#4aa8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d4;
$custom-light: #8bc1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6933,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D4

secondary

#D9B3A0

accent

#7743E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D4

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

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