#4AAEE1#4AAEE1

#4AAEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEE1
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -13.29, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 36.68, 248.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0693 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.118 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5454, 37.1608, 76.7298)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEE1 #E17D4A

analogous

#4AE1C8 #4AAEE1 #4A62E1

triadic

#4AAEE1 #E14AAE #AEE14A

tetradic

#4AAEE1 #C84AE1 #E17D4A #62E14A

square

#4AAEE1 #C84AE1 #E17D4A #62E14A

split-complementary

#4AAEE1 #E14A62 #E1C84A

monochromatic

#196D97 #2293CC #4AAEE1 #7EC5EA #B3DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4AAEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4AAEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEE1

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEE1	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ea',
    500: '#4aaee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaee1;
$custom-light: #8dc6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.265,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEE1

secondary

#E1BAA6

accent

#7739EE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEE1

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

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