#4AADCD#4AADCD

#4AADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.102 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADCD
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -19.09, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 31.32, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0754 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.102 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7826, 35.7477, 63.1289)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADCD #CD6A4A

analogous

#4ACDAB #4AADCD #4A6CCD

triadic

#4AADCD #CD4AAD #ADCD4A

tetradic

#4AADCD #AB4ACD #CD6A4A #6CCD4A

square

#4AADCD #AB4ACD #CD6A4A #6CCD4A

split-complementary

#4AADCD #CD4A6C #CDAB4A

monochromatic

#22657B #2F8CAB #4AADCD #7AC3DA #AAD8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4AADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4AADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADCD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADCD	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.102 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5dc',
    500: '#4aadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadcd;
$custom-light: #8ac5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70197,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADCD

secondary

#D5AB9E

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADCD

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

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