#4AADD3#4AADD3

#4AADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD3
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -17.22, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 32.70, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0732 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.107 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5208, 36.0430, 67.0166)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD3 #D3704A

analogous

#4AD3B4 #4AADD3 #4A68D3

triadic

#4AADD3 #D34AAD #ADD34A

tetradic

#4AADD3 #B44AD3 #D3704A #68D34A

square

#4AADD3 #B44AD3 #D3704A #68D34A

split-complementary

#4AADD3 #D34A68 #D3B44A

monochromatic

#206783 #2C8EB4 #4AADD3 #7BC3DF #ACDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4AADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#4AADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD3	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e0',
    500: '#4aadd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd3;
$custom-light: #8bc5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD3

secondary

#D9B0A0

accent

#7044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD3

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

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