#4AAADD#4AAADD

#4AAADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.117 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAADD
RGB	rgb(74, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -12.42, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 36.24, 249.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0666 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.117 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2448, 35.4225, 73.6359)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAADD #DD7D4A

analogous

#4ADDC6 #4AAADD #4A61DD

triadic

#4AAADD #DD4AAA #AADD4A

tetradic

#4AAADD #C64ADD #DD7D4A #61DD4A

square

#4AAADD #C64ADD #DD7D4A #61DD4A

split-complementary

#4AAADD #DD4A61 #DDC64A

monochromatic

#1B6891 #258DC5 #4AAADD #7EC2E7 #B1DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4AAADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#4AAADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAADD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAADD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.117 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3e7',
    500: '#4aaadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaadd;
$custom-light: #8cc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70204,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAADD

secondary

#DFB8A4

accent

#793DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAADD

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

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