#4AACDE#4AACDE

#4AACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACDE
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -13.18, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 36.12, 248.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0683 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.117 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7562, 36.2315, 74.4656)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACDE #DE7C4A

analogous

#4ADEC6 #4AACDE #4A62DE

triadic

#4AACDE #DE4AAC #ACDE4A

tetradic

#4AACDE #C64ADE #DE7C4A #62DE4A

square

#4AACDE #C64ADE #DE7C4A #62DE4A

split-complementary

#4AACDE #DE4A62 #DEC64A

monochromatic

#1B6A93 #2490C7 #4AACDE #7EC4E7 #B2DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#4AACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACDE

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACDE	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e8',
    500: '#4aacde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacde;
$custom-light: #8cc4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACDE

secondary

#DFB8A4

accent

#773CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACDE

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

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