#4AADCE#4AADCE

#4AADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADCE
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -18.78, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 31.53, 233.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0751 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.103 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9037, 35.7962, 63.7666)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADCE #CE6B4A

analogous

#4ACEAD #4AADCE #4A6BCE

triadic

#4AADCE #CE4AAD #ADCE4A

tetradic

#4AADCE #AD4ACE #CE6B4A #6BCE4A

square

#4AADCE #AD4ACE #CE6B4A #6BCE4A

split-complementary

#4AADCE #CE4A6B #CEAD4A

monochromatic

#22657C #2F8DAC #4AADCE #7AC3DB #AAD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4AADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADCE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADCE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5dd',
    500: '#4aadce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadce;
$custom-light: #8ac5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70239,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADCE

secondary

#D6AC9E

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADCE

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

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