#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
RGBrgb(74, 173, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 56%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(66.29, -19.40, -24.33)
CIE-LCHlch(66.29, 31.12, 231.43°)
OKLaboklab(70.16% -0.0758 -0.0678)
OKLCHoklch(70.16% 0.102 221.8)
XYZxyz(28.6623, 35.6996, 62.4952)
Luminance0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##4AADCC1.002.588.148.14
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1421.001.001.00
##0000008.1421.001.001.00

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

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