#4AA9D8#4AA9D8

#4AA9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9D8
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -13.49, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 34.78, 247.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0673 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.112 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4018, 34.7865, 70.1174)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9D8 #D8794A

analogous

#4AD8C0 #4AA9D8 #4A62D8

triadic

#4AA9D8 #D84AA9 #A9D84A

tetradic

#4AA9D8 #C04AD8 #D8794A #62D84A

square

#4AA9D8 #C04AD8 #D8794A #62D84A

split-complementary

#4AA9D8 #D84A62 #D8C04A

monochromatic

#1E668A #298BBC #4AA9D8 #7CC1E3 #AFD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4AA9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#4AA9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9D8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9D8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e4',
    500: '#4aa9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9d8;
$custom-light: #8bc2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9D8

secondary

#DCB5A2

accent

#7840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9D8

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

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