#4AAED3#4AAED3

#4AAED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAED3
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -17.75, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 32.60, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0742 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.107 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7133, 36.4279, 67.0808)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAED3 #D36F4A

analogous

#4AD3B3 #4AAED3 #4A69D3

triadic

#4AAED3 #D34AAE #AED34A

tetradic

#4AAED3 #B34AD3 #D36F4A #69D34A

square

#4AAED3 #B34AD3 #D36F4A #69D34A

split-complementary

#4AAED3 #D34A69 #D3B34A

monochromatic

#206883 #2C8FB4 #4AAED3 #7BC4DF #ACDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4AAED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#4AAED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAED3

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAED3	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e0',
    500: '#4aaed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaed3;
$custom-light: #8bc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70686,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAED3

secondary

#D9AFA0

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAED3

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

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