#4AA9D4#4AA9D4

#4AA9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9D4
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -14.77, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 33.52, 243.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0687 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.109 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8910, 34.5822, 67.4270)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9D4 #D4754A

analogous

#4AD4BA #4AA9D4 #4A64D4

triadic

#4AA9D4 #D44AA9 #A9D44A

tetradic

#4AA9D4 #BA4AD4 #D4754A #64D44A

square

#4AA9D4 #BA4AD4 #D4754A #64D44A

split-complementary

#4AA9D4 #D44A64 #D4BA4A

monochromatic

#1F6584 #2B8AB6 #4AA9D4 #7BC0E0 #ADD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4AA9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#4AA9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9D4

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9D4	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8099D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e1',
    500: '#4aa9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9d4;
$custom-light: #8bc2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69563,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9D4

secondary

#D9B2A0

accent

#7543E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9D4

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

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