#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
RGBrgb(74, 172, 216)
HSLhsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.46, -15.11, -30.70)
CIE-LCHlch(66.46, 34.22, 243.80°)
OKLaboklab(70.44% -0.0704 -0.086)
OKLCHoklch(70.44% 0.111 230.7)
XYZxyz(29.9663, 35.9156, 70.3056)
Luminance0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4AACD81.002.578.188.18
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1821.001.001.00
##0000008.1821.001.001.00

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

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#4AACD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva