#4AA8D6#4AA8D6

#4AA8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D6
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -13.59, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 34.33, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.067 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.111 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9595, 34.3131, 68.7022)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D6 #D6784A

analogous

#4AD6BE #4AA8D6 #4A62D6

triadic

#4AA8D6 #D64AA8 #A8D64A

tetradic

#4AA8D6 #BE4AD6 #D6784A #62D64A

square

#4AA8D6 #BE4AD6 #D6784A #62D64A

split-complementary

#4AA8D6 #D64A62 #D6BE4A

monochromatic

#1F6587 #2A8AB9 #4AA8D6 #7CC0E1 #AED8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AA8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4AA8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D6

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D6	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e2',
    500: '#4aa8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d6;
$custom-light: #8bc1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.714,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D6

secondary

#DBB4A1

accent

#7842E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D6

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

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