#4AABD9#4AABD9

#4AABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AABD9
RGB	rgb(74, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -14.25, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 34.70, 245.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.069 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.112 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9064, 35.5882, 70.9253)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AABD9 #D9784A

analogous

#4AD9C0 #4AABD9 #4A63D9

triadic

#4AABD9 #D94AAB #ABD94A

tetradic

#4AABD9 #C04AD9 #D9784A #63D94A

square

#4AABD9 #C04AD9 #D9784A #63D94A

split-complementary

#4AABD9 #D94A63 #D9C04A

monochromatic

#1D688B #288EBE #4AABD9 #7DC2E4 #AFDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#4AABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AABD9

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AABD9	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)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aabd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#4aabd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aabd9;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aabd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AABD9

secondary

#DCB5A2

accent

#7640E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AABD9

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

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