#4AACD8#4AACD8

#4AACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACD8
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -15.11, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 34.22, 243.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0704 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.111 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9663, 35.9156, 70.3056)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACD8 #D8764A

analogous

#4AD8BD #4AACD8 #4A65D8

triadic

#4AACD8 #D84AAC #ACD84A

tetradic

#4AACD8 #BD4AD8 #D8764A #65D84A

square

#4AACD8 #BD4AD8 #D8764A #65D84A

split-complementary

#4AACD8 #D84A65 #D8BD4A

monochromatic

#1E688A #298EBC #4AACD8 #7CC3E3 #AFDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#4AACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACD8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACD8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e4',
    500: '#4aacd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacd8;
$custom-light: #8bc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.592,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70439,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACD8

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACD8

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

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