#4AAED0#4AAED0

#4AAED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAED0
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -18.69, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 31.91, 234.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0753 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.104 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3407, 36.2789, 65.1185)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAED0 #D06C4A

analogous

#4AD0AF #4AAED0 #4A6BD0

triadic

#4AAED0 #D04AAE #AED04A

tetradic

#4AAED0 #AF4AD0 #D06C4A #6BD04A

square

#4AAED0 #AF4AD0 #D06C4A #6BD04A

split-complementary

#4AAED0 #D04A6B #D0AF4A

monochromatic

#21677F #2E8EAF #4AAED0 #7BC4DD #ABD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AAED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#4AAED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAED0

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAED0	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6de',
    500: '#4aaed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaed0;
$custom-light: #8ac6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAED0

secondary

#D7AD9F

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAED0

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

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