#4AAEDC#4AAEDC

#4AAEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEDC
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -14.90, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 35.08, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.071 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.114 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8733, 36.8919, 73.1901)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEDC #DC784A

analogous

#4ADCC1 #4AAEDC #4A65DC

triadic

#4AAEDC #DC4AAE #AEDC4A

tetradic

#4AAEDC #C14ADC #DC784A #65DC4A

square

#4AAEDC #C14ADC #DC784A #65DC4A

split-complementary

#4AAEDC #DC4A65 #DCC14A

monochromatic

#1C6B90 #2692C3 #4AAEDC #7DC5E6 #B1DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AAEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#4AAEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEDC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEDC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e7',
    500: '#4aaedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaedc;
$custom-light: #8cc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEDC

secondary

#DEB6A4

accent

#743DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEDC

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

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