#4AAAE1#4AAAE1

#4AAAE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAAE1
RGB	rgb(74, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -11.12, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 37.66, 252.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0653 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.12 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7841, 35.6382, 76.4761)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAAE1 #E1814A

analogous

#4AE1CC #4AAAE1 #4A5EE1

triadic

#4AAAE1 #E14AAA #AAE14A

tetradic

#4AAAE1 #CC4AE1 #E1814A #5EE14A

square

#4AAAE1 #CC4AE1 #E1814A #5EE14A

split-complementary

#4AAAE1 #E14A5E #E1CC4A

monochromatic

#196997 #228ECC #4AAAE1 #7EC3EA #B3DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4AAAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#4AAAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAAE1

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAAE1	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3ea',
    500: '#4aaae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaae1;
$custom-light: #8cc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.854,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAAE1

secondary

#E1BBA6

accent

#7B39EE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAAE1

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

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