#4AA8D5#4AA8D5

#4AA8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.110 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D5
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -13.91, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 34.01, 245.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0673 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.11 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8322, 34.2622, 68.0317)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D5 #D5774A

analogous

#4AD5BC #4AA8D5 #4A63D5

triadic

#4AA8D5 #D54AA8 #A8D54A

tetradic

#4AA8D5 #BC4AD5 #D5774A #63D54A

square

#4AA8D5 #BC4AD5 #D5774A #63D54A

split-complementary

#4AA8D5 #D54A63 #D5BC4A

monochromatic

#1F6486 #2B8AB7 #4AA8D5 #7CC0E1 #ADD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AA8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4AA8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D5	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.110 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e2',
    500: '#4aa8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d5;
$custom-light: #8bc1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D5

secondary

#DAB3A1

accent

#7742E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D5

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

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