#4AACDF#4AACDF

#4AACDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACDF
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -12.86, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 36.46, 249.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0679 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.117 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8906, 36.2853, 75.1735)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACDF #DF7D4A

analogous

#4ADFC7 #4AACDF #4A61DF

triadic

#4AACDF #DF4AAC #ACDF4A

tetradic

#4AACDF #C74ADF #DF7D4A #61DF4A

square

#4AACDF #C74ADF #DF7D4A #61DF4A

split-complementary

#4AACDF #DF4A61 #DFC74A

monochromatic

#1A6B94 #2390C8 #4AACDF #7EC4E8 #B2DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AACDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#4AACDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACDF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACDF	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e9',
    500: '#4aacdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacdf;
$custom-light: #8cc4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70757,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACDF

secondary

#E0B9A5

accent

#783BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACDF

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

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