#4AA8ED#4AA8ED

#4AA8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.134 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8ED
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -6.05, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 43.07, 261.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0595 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.134 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1069, 35.5720, 85.2783)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8ED #ED8F4A

analogous

#4AEDE1 #4AA8ED #4A56ED

triadic

#4AA8ED #ED4AA8 #A8ED4A

tetradic

#4AA8ED #E14AED #ED8F4A #56ED4A

square

#4AA8ED #E14AED #ED8F4A #56ED4A

split-complementary

#4AA8ED #ED4A56 #EDE14A

monochromatic

#116AAC #178DE3 #4AA8ED #82C3F3 #B9DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AA8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#4AA8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8ED

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8ED	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.134 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec1f3',
    500: '#4aa8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8ed;
$custom-light: #8ec1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.399,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8ED

secondary

#E8C5AB

accent

#6207DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8ED

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

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