#4AACE1#4AACE1

#4AACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AACE1
RGBrgb(74, 172, 225)
HSLhsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.82, -12.21, -35.09)
CIE-LCHlch(66.82, 37.15, 250.81°)
OKLaboklab(70.85% -0.0673 -0.0986)
OKLCHoklch(70.85% 0.119 235.7)
XYZxyz(31.1619, 36.3938, 76.6020)
Luminance0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AACE1 #E17F4A
analogous
#4AE1CB #4AACE1 #4A60E1
triadic
#4AACE1 #E14AAC #ACE14A
tetradic
#4AACE1 #CB4AE1 #E17F4A #60E14A
square
#4AACE1 #CB4AE1 #E17F4A #60E14A
split-complementary
#4AACE1 #E14A60 #E1CB4A
monochromatic
#196B97 #2290CC #4AACE1 #7EC4EA #B3DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#4AACE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28
#4AACE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACE1
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AACE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AACE11.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93ABE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E9CE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 235.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4ea',
    500: '#4aace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aace1;
$custom-light: #8cc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AACE1
secondary
#E1BBA6
accent
#7939EE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#4AACE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva