#4AAED9#4AAED9

#4AAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAED9
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -15.86, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 34.19, 242.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.072 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.111 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4795, 36.7344, 71.1163)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAED9 #D9754A

analogous

#4AD9BD #4AAED9 #4A67D9

triadic

#4AAED9 #D94AAE #AED94A

tetradic

#4AAED9 #BD4AD9 #D9754A #67D94A

square

#4AAED9 #BD4AD9 #D9754A #67D94A

split-complementary

#4AAED9 #D94A67 #D9BD4A

monochromatic

#1D6A8B #2891BE #4AAED9 #7DC5E4 #AFDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4AAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#4AAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAED9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAED9	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e5',
    500: '#4aaed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaed9;
$custom-light: #8cc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70948,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAED9

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAED9

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

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