#4AA8E1#4AA8E1

#4AA8E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8E1
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -10.03, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 38.22, 254.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0633 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.122 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4120, 34.8941, 76.3520)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8E1 #E1834A

analogous

#4AE1CE #4AA8E1 #4A5CE1

triadic

#4AA8E1 #E14AA8 #A8E14A

tetradic

#4AA8E1 #CE4AE1 #E1834A #5CE14A

square

#4AA8E1 #CE4AE1 #E1834A #5CE14A

split-complementary

#4AA8E1 #E14A5C #E1CE4A

monochromatic

#196897 #228CCC #4AA8E1 #7EC1EA #B3DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#4AA8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#4AA8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8E1

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8E1	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7999E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1ea',
    500: '#4aa8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8e1;
$custom-light: #8cc1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.649,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69933,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8E1

secondary

#E1BCA6

accent

#7E39EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8E1

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

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