#4AAEDE#4AAEDE

#4AAEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEDE
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -14.26, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 35.70, 246.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0703 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.116 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1397, 36.9985, 74.5934)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEDE #DE7A4A

analogous

#4ADEC4 #4AAEDE #4A64DE

triadic

#4AAEDE #DE4AAE #AEDE4A

tetradic

#4AAEDE #C44ADE #DE7A4A #64DE4A

square

#4AAEDE #C44ADE #DE7A4A #64DE4A

split-complementary

#4AAEDE #DE4A64 #DEC44A

monochromatic

#1B6C93 #2492C7 #4AAEDE #7EC5E7 #B2DCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4AAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#4AAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEDE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEDE	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e8',
    500: '#4aaede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaede;
$custom-light: #8cc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEDE

secondary

#DFB8A4

accent

#753CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEDE

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

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