#4AAEE2#4AAEE2

#4AAEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEE2
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -12.97, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 37.02, 249.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0689 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.119 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6822, 37.2155, 77.4504)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEE2 #E27E4A

analogous

#4AE2CA #4AAEE2 #4A62E2

triadic

#4AAEE2 #E24AAE #AEE24A

tetradic

#4AAEE2 #CA4AE2 #E27E4A #62E24A

square

#4AAEE2 #CA4AE2 #E27E4A #62E24A

split-complementary

#4AAEE2 #E24A62 #E2CA4A

monochromatic

#196D99 #2193CE #4AAEE2 #7FC6EA #B3DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4AAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#4AAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEE2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEE2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6eb',
    500: '#4aaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaee2;
$custom-light: #8dc6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEE2

secondary

#E2BAA6

accent

#7739EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEE2

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

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