#4AACD7#4AACD7

#4AACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACD7
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -15.42, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.92, 242.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0707 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.11 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8375, 35.8640, 69.6268)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACD7 #D7754A

analogous

#4AD7BC #4AACD7 #4A66D7

triadic

#4AACD7 #D74AAC #ACD74A

tetradic

#4AACD7 #BC4AD7 #D7754A #66D74A

square

#4AACD7 #BC4AD7 #D7754A #66D74A

split-complementary

#4AACD7 #D74A66 #D7BC4A

monochromatic

#1E6888 #298EBB #4AACD7 #7CC3E2 #AEDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#4AACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACD7

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACD7	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e3',
    500: '#4aacd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacd7;
$custom-light: #8bc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70394,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACD7

secondary

#DBB3A2

accent

#7441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACD7

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

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