#4AA8D9#4AA8D9

#4AA8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D9
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -12.63, -32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 35.33, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0659 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.114 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3462, 34.4678, 70.7385)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D9 #D97B4A

analogous

#4AD9C2 #4AA8D9 #4A61D9

triadic

#4AA8D9 #D94AA8 #A8D94A

tetradic

#4AA8D9 #C24AD9 #D97B4A #61D94A

square

#4AA8D9 #C24AD9 #D97B4A #61D94A

split-complementary

#4AA8D9 #D94A61 #D9C24A

monochromatic

#1D668B #288BBE #4AA8D9 #7DC0E4 #AFD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4AA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#4AA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e5',
    500: '#4aa8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d9;
$custom-light: #8bc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.559,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D9

secondary

#DCB6A2

accent

#7940E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D9

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

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