#4AACE7#4AACE7

#4AACE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACE7
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -10.25, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 39.34, 254.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0653 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.125 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9948, 36.7269, 80.9886)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACE7 #E7854A

analogous

#4AE7D4 #4AACE7 #4A5DE7

triadic

#4AACE7 #E74AAC #ACE74A

tetradic

#4AACE7 #D44AE7 #E7854A #5DE74A

square

#4AACE7 #D44AE7 #E7854A #5DE74A

split-complementary

#4AACE7 #E74A5D #E7D44A

monochromatic

#156DA1 #1D91D7 #4AACE7 #80C5EE #B6DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#4AACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACE7

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACE7	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4ef',
    500: '#4aace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aace7;
$custom-light: #8dc4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.548,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACE7

secondary

#E5BFA8

accent

#7C35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACE7

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

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