#4AA8E2#4AA8E2

#4AA8E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8E2
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -9.70, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 38.60, 255.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.063 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.123 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5488, 34.9488, 77.0726)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8E2 #E2844A

analogous

#4AE2D0 #4AA8E2 #4A5CE2

triadic

#4AA8E2 #E24AA8 #A8E24A

tetradic

#4AA8E2 #D04AE2 #E2844A #5CE24A

square

#4AA8E2 #D04AE2 #E2844A #5CE24A

split-complementary

#4AA8E2 #E24A5C #E2D04A

monochromatic

#196899 #218CCE #4AA8E2 #7FC1EA #B3DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#4AA8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#4AA8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8E2

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8E2	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7899E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1eb',
    500: '#4aa8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8e2;
$custom-light: #8cc1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.895,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69981,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8E2

secondary

#E2BDA6

accent

#7E39EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8E2

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

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