#4AAED1#4AAED1

#4AAED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAED1
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -18.37, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 32.13, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.075 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.105 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4641, 36.3283, 65.7685)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAED1 #D16D4A

analogous

#4AD1B1 #4AAED1 #4A6AD1

triadic

#4AAED1 #D14AAE #AED14A

tetradic

#4AAED1 #B14AD1 #D16D4A #6AD14A

square

#4AAED1 #B14AD1 #D16D4A #6AD14A

split-complementary

#4AAED1 #D14A6A #D1B14A

monochromatic

#216780 #2D8FB1 #4AAED1 #7BC4DD #ACDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4AAED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#4AAED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAED1

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAED1	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6df',
    500: '#4aaed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaed1;
$custom-light: #8bc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70601,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAED1

secondary

#D8AE9F

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAED1

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

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