#4AADDC#4AADDC

#4AADDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADDC
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -14.36, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 35.26, 245.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.07 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.114 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6808, 36.5070, 73.1259)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADDC #DC794A

analogous

#4ADCC2 #4AADDC #4A64DC

triadic

#4AADDC #DC4AAD #ADDC4A

tetradic

#4AADDC #C24ADC #DC794A #64DC4A

square

#4AADDC #C24ADC #DC794A #64DC4A

split-complementary

#4AADDC #DC4A64 #DCC24A

monochromatic

#1C6A90 #2690C3 #4AADDC #7DC4E6 #B1DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4AADDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#4AADDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADDC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADDC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e7',
    500: '#4aaddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaddc;
$custom-light: #8cc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.315,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADDC

secondary

#DEB6A4

accent

#753DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADDC

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

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