#4AA9D1#4AA9D1

#4AA9D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9D1
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -15.72, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 32.65, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0698 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.106 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5161, 34.4322, 65.4525)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9D1 #D1724A

analogous

#4AD1B5 #4AA9D1 #4A65D1

triadic

#4AA9D1 #D14AA9 #A9D14A

tetradic

#4AA9D1 #B54AD1 #D1724A #65D14A

square

#4AA9D1 #B54AD1 #D1724A #65D14A

split-complementary

#4AA9D1 #D14A65 #D1B54A

monochromatic

#216480 #2D8AB1 #4AA9D1 #7BC0DD #ACD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4AA9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#4AA9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9D1

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9D1	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)

#94A6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2df',
    500: '#4aa9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9d1;
$custom-light: #8ac2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9D1

secondary

#D8B09F

accent

#7445E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9D1

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

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