#4AADCF#4AADCF

#4AADCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADCF
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -18.47, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 31.75, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0747 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.104 224)
XYZ	xyz(29.0256, 35.8449, 64.4085)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADCF #CF6C4A

analogous

#4ACFAE #4AADCF #4A6BCF

triadic

#4AADCF #CF4AAD #ADCF4A

tetradic

#4AADCF #AE4ACF #CF6C4A #6BCF4A

square

#4AADCF #AE4ACF #CF6C4A #6BCF4A

split-complementary

#4AADCF #CF4A6B #CFAE4A

monochromatic

#21667D #2E8DAE #4AADCF #7AC3DC #ABD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AADCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#4AADCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADCF

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADCF	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 224.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.35848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADCF

secondary

#D6AD9F

accent

#6E46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADCF

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

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