#4AAED8#4AAED8

#4AAED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAED8
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -16.17, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 33.91, 241.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0724 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.11 229)
XYZ	xyz(30.3498, 36.6826, 70.4334)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAED8 #D8744A

analogous

#4AD8BB #4AAED8 #4A67D8

triadic

#4AAED8 #D84AAE #AED84A

tetradic

#4AAED8 #BB4AD8 #D8744A #67D84A

square

#4AAED8 #BB4AD8 #D8744A #67D84A

split-complementary

#4AAED8 #D84A67 #D8BB4A

monochromatic

#1E6A8A #2991BC #4AAED8 #7CC5E3 #AFDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AAED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#4AAED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAED8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAED8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e4',
    500: '#4aaed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaed8;
$custom-light: #8bc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.36686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAED8

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAED8

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

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