#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
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -12.21, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 37.15, 250.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0673 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.119 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1619, 36.3938, 76.6020)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4AACE1	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AACE1

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

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