#4AADDB#4AADDB

#4AADDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADDB
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 21%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -14.68, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 34.95, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0703 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.113 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5488, 36.4542, 72.4305)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADDB #DB784A

analogous

#4ADBC0 #4AADDB #4A65DB

triadic

#4AADDB #DB4AAD #ADDB4A

tetradic

#4AADDB #C04ADB #DB784A #65DB4A

square

#4AADDB #C04ADB #DB784A #65DB4A

split-complementary

#4AADDB #DB4A65 #DBC04A

monochromatic

#1C6A8E #2690C1 #4AADDB #7DC4E5 #B0DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4AADDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#4AADDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADDB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADDB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e6',
    500: '#4aaddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaddb;
$custom-light: #8cc5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADDB

secondary

#DEB6A3

accent

#753EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADDB

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

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