#4AADD5#4AADD5

#4AADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD5
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -16.59, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 33.22, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0725 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.108 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.7731, 36.1439, 68.3453)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD5 #D5724A

analogous

#4AD5B8 #4AADD5 #4A68D5

triadic

#4AADD5 #D54AAD #ADD54A

tetradic

#4AADD5 #B84AD5 #D5724A #68D54A

square

#4AADD5 #B84AD5 #D5724A #68D54A

split-complementary

#4AADD5 #D54A68 #D5B84A

monochromatic

#1F6886 #2B8FB7 #4AADD5 #7CC4E1 #ADDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#4AADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD5

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD5	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e2',
    500: '#4aadd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd5;
$custom-light: #8bc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70539,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.36147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD5

secondary

#DAB1A1

accent

#7142E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD5

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

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