#4AACDD#4AACDD

#4AACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACDD
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -13.50, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 35.79, 247.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0686 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.116 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6226, 36.1781, 73.7618)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACDD #DD7B4A

analogous

#4ADDC4 #4AACDD #4A62DD

triadic

#4AACDD #DD4AAC #ACDD4A

tetradic

#4AACDD #C44ADD #DD7B4A #62DD4A

square

#4AACDD #C44ADD #DD7B4A #62DD4A

split-complementary

#4AACDD #DD4A62 #DDC44A

monochromatic

#1B6A91 #2590C5 #4AACDD #7EC4E7 #B1DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4AACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACDD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACDD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e7',
    500: '#4aacdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacdd;
$custom-light: #8cc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACDD

secondary

#DFB8A4

accent

#773DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACDD

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

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