#4AADD8#4AADD8

#4AADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD8
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -15.64, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 34.05, 242.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0714 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.111 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1574, 36.2976, 70.3692)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD8 #D8754A

analogous

#4AD8BC #4AADD8 #4A66D8

triadic

#4AADD8 #D84AAD #ADD84A

tetradic

#4AADD8 #BC4AD8 #D8754A #66D84A

square

#4AADD8 #BC4AD8 #D8754A #66D84A

split-complementary

#4AADD8 #D84A66 #D8BC4A

monochromatic

#1E698A #2990BC #4AADD8 #7CC4E3 #AFDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#4AADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e4',
    500: '#4aadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd8;
$custom-light: #8bc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70671,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD8

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD8

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

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