#4AA9ED#4AA9ED

#4AA9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AA9ED
RGBrgb(74, 169, 237)
HSLhsl(205, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(68.8%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.48, -6.61, -42.20)
CIE-LCHlch(66.48, 42.71, 261.10°)
OKLaboklab(70.75% -0.0605 -0.1192)
OKLCHoklch(70.75% 0.134 243.1)
XYZxyz(32.2922, 35.9427, 85.3401)
Luminance0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Color harmonies

complementary
#4AA9ED #ED8E4A
analogous
#4AEDE0 #4AA9ED #4A57ED
triadic
#4AA9ED #ED4AA9 #A9ED4A
tetradic
#4AA9ED #E04AED #ED8E4A #57ED4A
square
#4AA9ED #E04AED #ED8E4A #57ED4A
split-complementary
#4AA9ED #ED4A57 #EDE04A
monochromatic
#116BAC #178EE3 #4AA9ED #82C3F3 #B9DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#4AA9ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#4AA9ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9ED
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AA9ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AA9ED1.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AAAF0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#749BEC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aa9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 243.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec2f3',
    500: '#4aa9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aa9ed;
$custom-light: #8ec2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aa9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.031,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AA9ED
secondary
#E8C4AB
accent
#6107DE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#4AA9ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva