#4AA8FF#4AA8FF

#4AA8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.155 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8FF
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 0.03, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 51.13, 270.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0545 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.155 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8699, 36.6772, 99.8300)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8FF #FFA14A

analogous

#4AFFFC #4AA8FF #4A4EFF

triadic

#4AA8FF #FF4AA8 #A8FF4A

tetradic

#4AA8FF #FC4AFF #FFA14A #4EFF4A

square

#4AA8FF #FC4AFF #FFA14A #4EFF4A

split-complementary

#4AA8FF #FF4A4E #FFFC4A

monochromatic

#006BCF #0D8BFF #4AA8FF #87C5FF #C4E3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AA8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#4AA8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8FF

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8FF	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#669BFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.155 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1ff',
    500: '#4aa8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8ff;
$custom-light: #91c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.84,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8FF

secondary

#F2D1B3

accent

#6E00E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F7FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0E1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8FF

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

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