#4AADE1#4AADE1

#4AADE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADE1
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -12.75, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 36.91, 249.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0683 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.119 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3529, 36.7758, 76.6657)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADE1 #E17E4A

analogous

#4AE1C9 #4AADE1 #4A61E1

triadic

#4AADE1 #E14AAD #ADE14A

tetradic

#4AADE1 #C94AE1 #E17E4A #61E14A

square

#4AADE1 #C94AE1 #E17E4A #61E14A

split-complementary

#4AADE1 #E14A61 #E1C94A

monochromatic

#196C97 #2291CC #4AADE1 #7EC5EA #B3DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AADE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4AADE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADE1

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADE1	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aade1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5ea',
    500: '#4aade1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aade1;
$custom-light: #8dc5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aade1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.662,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADE1

secondary

#E1BAA6

accent

#7839EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADE1

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

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