#4AADCC#4AADCC

#4AADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.102 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADCC
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -19.40, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 31.12, 231.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0758 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.102 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6623, 35.6996, 62.4952)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADCC #CC694A

analogous

#4ACCAA #4AADCC #4A6CCC

triadic

#4AADCC #CC4AAD #ADCC4A

tetradic

#4AADCC #AA4ACC #CC694A #6CCC4A

square

#4AADCC #AA4ACC #CC694A #6CCC4A

split-complementary

#4AADCC #CC4A6C #CCAA4A

monochromatic

#226579 #308CA9 #4AADCC #7AC3D9 #A9D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4AADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#4AADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADCC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADCC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.102 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5db',
    500: '#4aadcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadcc;
$custom-light: #8ac5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70155,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADCC

secondary

#D4AB9D

accent

#6C48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADCC

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

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