#4AADE2#4AADE2

#4AADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AADE2
RGB	rgb(74, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -12.43, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 37.26, 250.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0679 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.12 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4897, 36.8306, 77.3862)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AADE2 #E27F4A

analogous

#4AE2CB #4AADE2 #4A61E2

triadic

#4AADE2 #E24AAD #ADE24A

tetradic

#4AADE2 #CB4AE2 #E27F4A #61E24A

square

#4AADE2 #CB4AE2 #E27F4A #61E24A

split-complementary

#4AADE2 #E24A61 #E2CB4A

monochromatic

#196C99 #2192CE #4AADE2 #7FC5EA #B3DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4AADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADE2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AADE2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5eb',
    500: '#4aade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aade2;
$custom-light: #8dc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.921,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AADE2

secondary

#E2BBA6

accent

#7839EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AADE2

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

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