#4AADD6#4AADD6

#4AADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD6
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -16.27, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 33.49, 240.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0721 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.109 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9004, 36.1948, 69.0158)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD6 #D6734A

analogous

#4AD6B9 #4AADD6 #4A67D6

triadic

#4AADD6 #D64AAD #ADD64A

tetradic

#4AADD6 #B94AD6 #D6734A #67D64A

square

#4AADD6 #B94AD6 #D6734A #67D64A

split-complementary

#4AADD6 #D64A67 #D6B94A

monochromatic

#1F6887 #2A8FB9 #4AADD6 #7CC4E1 #AEDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4AADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD6

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD6	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e2',
    500: '#4aadd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd6;
$custom-light: #8bc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD6

secondary

#DBB2A1

accent

#7242E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD6

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

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