#4AADD4#4AADD4

#4AADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD4
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -16.91, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 32.95, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0728 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.108 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6465, 36.0933, 67.6789)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD4 #D4714A

analogous

#4AD4B6 #4AADD4 #4A68D4

triadic

#4AADD4 #D44AAD #ADD44A

tetradic

#4AADD4 #B64AD4 #D4714A #68D44A

square

#4AADD4 #B64AD4 #D4714A #68D44A

split-complementary

#4AADD4 #D44A68 #D4B64A

monochromatic

#1F6884 #2B8FB6 #4AADD4 #7BC3E0 #ADDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#4AADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD4

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD4	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e1',
    500: '#4aadd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd4;
$custom-light: #8bc5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70496,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD4

secondary

#D9B1A0

accent

#7143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD4

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

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