#4AADD0#4AADD0

#4AADD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD0
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -18.16, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 31.97, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0743 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.104 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1482, 35.8940, 65.0544)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD0 #D06D4A

analogous

#4AD0B0 #4AADD0 #4A6AD0

triadic

#4AADD0 #D04AAD #ADD04A

tetradic

#4AADD0 #B04AD0 #D06D4A #6AD04A

square

#4AADD0 #B04AD0 #D06D4A #6AD04A

split-complementary

#4AADD0 #D04A6A #D0B04A

monochromatic

#21667F #2E8DAF #4AADD0 #7BC3DD #ABD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AADD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#4AADD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5de',
    500: '#4aadd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd0;
$custom-light: #8ac5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD0

secondary

#D7AE9F

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD0

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

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