#4AACD5#4AACD5

#4AACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACD5
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -16.06, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 33.35, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0714 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.109 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5820, 35.7619, 68.2816)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACD5 #D5734A

analogous

#4AD5B9 #4AACD5 #4A67D5

triadic

#4AACD5 #D54AAC #ACD54A

tetradic

#4AACD5 #B94AD5 #D5734A #67D54A

square

#4AACD5 #B94AD5 #D5734A #67D54A

split-complementary

#4AACD5 #D54A67 #D5B94A

monochromatic

#1F6786 #2B8EB7 #4AACD5 #7CC3E1 #ADDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4AACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4AACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACD5

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACD5	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e2',
    500: '#4aacd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacd5;
$custom-light: #8bc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70306,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACD5

secondary

#DAB2A1

accent

#7242E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACD5

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

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