#4AACD2#4AACD2

#4AACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACD2
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -17.01, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 32.55, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0725 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.106 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2048, 35.6110, 66.2947)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACD2 #D2704A

analogous

#4AD2B4 #4AACD2 #4A68D2

triadic

#4AACD2 #D24AAC #ACD24A

tetradic

#4AACD2 #B44AD2 #D2704A #68D24A

square

#4AACD2 #B44AD2 #D2704A #68D24A

split-complementary

#4AACD2 #D24A68 #D2B44A

monochromatic

#206681 #2C8DB2 #4AACD2 #7BC2DE #ACD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#4AACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACD2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACD2	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)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e0',
    500: '#4aacd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacd2;
$custom-light: #8bc4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACD2

secondary

#D8AFA0

accent

#7144E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACD2

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

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