#4AADD1#4AADD1

#4AADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD1
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -17.85, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 32.21, 236.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0739 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.105 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2716, 35.9433, 65.7043)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD1 #D16E4A

analogous

#4AD1B1 #4AADD1 #4A69D1

triadic

#4AADD1 #D14AAD #ADD14A

tetradic

#4AADD1 #B14AD1 #D16E4A #69D14A

square

#4AADD1 #B14AD1 #D16E4A #69D14A

split-complementary

#4AADD1 #D14A69 #D1B14A

monochromatic

#216780 #2D8EB1 #4AADD1 #7BC3DD #ACD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4AADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#4AADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD1

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD1	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5df',
    500: '#4aadd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd1;
$custom-light: #8ac5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD1

secondary

#D8AE9F

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD1

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

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