#4AA9D6#4AA9D6

#4AA9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.110 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9D6
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 21%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -14.13, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 34.14, 245.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.068 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.11 232)
XYZ	xyz(29.1448, 34.6837, 68.7639)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9D6 #D6774A

analogous

#4AD6BD #4AA9D6 #4A63D6

triadic

#4AA9D6 #D64AA9 #A9D64A

tetradic

#4AA9D6 #BD4AD6 #D6774A #63D64A

square

#4AA9D6 #BD4AD6 #D6774A #63D64A

split-complementary

#4AA9D6 #D64A63 #D6BD4A

monochromatic

#1F6587 #2A8BB9 #4AA9D6 #7CC1E1 #AED8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4AA9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#4AA9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9D6

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9D6	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.110 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e2',
    500: '#4aa9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9d6;
$custom-light: #8bc2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.34687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9D6

secondary

#DBB4A1

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9D6

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

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