#4AADD9#4AADD9

#4AADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADD9
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -15.32, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 34.35, 243.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.071 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.112 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2870, 36.3495, 71.0522)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADD9 #D9764A

analogous

#4AD9BE #4AADD9 #4A65D9

triadic

#4AADD9 #D94AAD #ADD94A

tetradic

#4AADD9 #BE4AD9 #D9764A #65D94A

square

#4AADD9 #BE4AD9 #D9764A #65D94A

split-complementary

#4AADD9 #D94A65 #D9BE4A

monochromatic

#1D698B #2890BE #4AADD9 #7DC4E4 #AFDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#4AADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADD9

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADD9	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aadd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e5',
    500: '#4aadd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aadd9;
$custom-light: #8bc5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aadd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADD9

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADD9

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

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