#4AABD8#4AABD8

#4AABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AABD8
RGB	rgb(74, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -14.57, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 34.39, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0693 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.111 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7767, 35.5364, 70.2424)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AABD8 #D8774A

analogous

#4AD8BE #4AABD8 #4A64D8

triadic

#4AABD8 #D84AAB #ABD84A

tetradic

#4AABD8 #BE4AD8 #D8774A #64D84A

square

#4AABD8 #BE4AD8 #D8774A #64D84A

split-complementary

#4AABD8 #D84A64 #D8BE4A

monochromatic

#1E688A #298DBC #4AABD8 #7CC2E3 #AFDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4AABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AABD8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AABD8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aabd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e4',
    500: '#4aabd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aabd8;
$custom-light: #8bc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aabd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AABD8

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AABD8

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

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