#4AADDD#4AADDD

#4AADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADDD
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -14.04, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 35.58, 246.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0696 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.115 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8136, 36.5601, 73.8255)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADDD #DD7A4A

analogous

#4ADDC4 #4AADDD #4A63DD

triadic

#4AADDD #DD4AAD #ADDD4A

tetradic

#4AADDD #C44ADD #DD7A4A #63DD4A

square

#4AADDD #C44ADD #DD7A4A #63DD4A

split-complementary

#4AADDD #DD4A63 #DDC44A

monochromatic

#1B6B91 #2591C5 #4AADDD #7EC4E7 #B1DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4AADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#4AADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADDD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADDD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 232.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADDD

secondary

#DFB7A4

accent

#763DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADDD

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

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