#4AADD2#4AADD2

#4AADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD2
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -17.53, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 32.45, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0736 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.106 226)
XYZ	xyz(29.3958, 35.9930, 66.3584)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD2 #D26F4A

analogous

#4AD2B3 #4AADD2 #4A69D2

triadic

#4AADD2 #D24AAD #ADD24A

tetradic

#4AADD2 #B34AD2 #D26F4A #69D24A

square

#4AADD2 #B34AD2 #D26F4A #69D24A

split-complementary

#4AADD2 #D24A69 #D2B34A

monochromatic

#206781 #2C8EB2 #4AADD2 #7BC3DE #ACD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4AADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#4AADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e0',
    500: '#4aadd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd2;
$custom-light: #8bc5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70409,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.35996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD2

secondary

#D8AFA0

accent

#7044E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD2

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

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