#4AADE7#4AADE7

#4AADE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AADE7
RGBrgb(74, 173, 231)
HSLhsl(202, 77%, 60%)
HSVhsv(202, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.36, -10.80, -37.54)
CIE-LCHlch(67.36, 39.06, 253.95°)
OKLaboklab(71.36% -0.0663 -0.1057)
OKLCHoklch(71.36% 0.125 237.9)
XYZxyz(32.1858, 37.1090, 81.0523)
Luminance0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AADE7 #E7844A
analogous
#4AE7D3 #4AADE7 #4A5EE7
triadic
#4AADE7 #E74AAD #ADE74A
tetradic
#4AADE7 #D34AE7 #E7844A #5EE74A
square
#4AADE7 #D34AE7 #E7844A #5EE74A
split-complementary
#4AADE7 #E74A5E #E7D34A
monochromatic
#156EA1 #1D92D7 #4AADE7 #80C5EE #B6DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#4AADE7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#4AADE7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AADE7
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AADE7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AADE71.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92ADEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C9DE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 237.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5ef',
    500: '#4aade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aade7;
$custom-light: #8dc5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.166,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AADE7
secondary
#E5BEA8
accent
#7B35F3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#4AADE7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva