#4AA9E7#4AA9E7

#4AA9E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9E7
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -8.60, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 40.26, 257.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0623 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.127 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4303, 35.5979, 80.8005)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9E7 #E7884A

analogous

#4AE7D6 #4AA9E7 #4A5BE7

triadic

#4AA9E7 #E74AA9 #A9E74A

tetradic

#4AA9E7 #D64AE7 #E7884A #5BE74A

square

#4AA9E7 #D64AE7 #E7884A #5BE74A

split-complementary

#4AA9E7 #E74A5B #E7D64A

monochromatic

#156AA1 #1D8ED7 #4AA9E7 #80C3EE #B6DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AA9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#4AA9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9E7

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9E7	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2ef',
    500: '#4aa9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9e7;
$custom-light: #8dc2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.694,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70451,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9E7

secondary

#E5C0A8

accent

#8035F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9E7

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

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