#4AA9D9#4AA9D9

#4AA9D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9D9
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -13.17, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 35.10, 247.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.067 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.113 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5315, 34.8384, 70.8003)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9D9 #D97A4A

analogous

#4AD9C2 #4AA9D9 #4A62D9

triadic

#4AA9D9 #D94AA9 #A9D94A

tetradic

#4AA9D9 #C24AD9 #D97A4A #62D94A

square

#4AA9D9 #C24AD9 #D97A4A #62D94A

split-complementary

#4AA9D9 #D94A62 #D9C24A

monochromatic

#1D668B #288CBE #4AA9D9 #7DC1E4 #AFD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4AA9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#4AA9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9D9

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9D9	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e5',
    500: '#4aa9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9d9;
$custom-light: #8bc2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.14,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9D9

secondary

#DCB6A2

accent

#7840E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9D9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →